San Francisco-based Lime appealed San Francisco's decision to deny it a permit to participate in a one-year electronic scooter pilot program. The company filed an appeal Wednesday with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) after the agency issued permits to two relatively new dockless electronic scooter companies, Scoot and Skip, in late August, but rejected Lime's application. Earlier this year, dockless electronic scooters descended on the city from a variety of providers…