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Board reverses planning department exemption for 476 Lombard after historic‑resource dispute; item continued for further review
Summary
After a contested hearing over historic‑resource impacts at 476 Lombard, the Board of Supervisors moved to reverse the Planning Department's categorical CEQA exemption and directed staff to prepare findings supporting that reversal.
The Board of Supervisors on April 13 took action on an appeal challenging the Planning Department's categorical exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for a residential addition at 476 Lombard Street. The appeal centered on whether the project may cause a "substantial adverse change" to a building the parties and staff acknowledge is an individually eligible historic resource.
Appellants presented an architectural historian, Catherine Petrin, who said the project "would cause a material impairment to multiple character defining elements of the building," and documented features she said were at risk including a distinctive roof element and the west facade's light wells. The project sponsor and its consultant, Page & Turnbull,…
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