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Board upholds planning department: Fell and Oak bikeways declared categorically exempt from CEQA
Summary
After a multi‑hour appeal hearing with dozens of public speakers and detailed technical back‑and‑forth, the Board of Supervisors voted 11–0 to affirm the Planning Department’s categorical exemption determination for the Fell and Oak Street bikeways project.
The Board of Supervisors on Dec. 11 affirmed the Planning Department’s categorical exemption determination for the Fell and Oak bikeways project, rejecting an appeal that had argued the work required fuller CEQA review because of unusual circumstances and potential cumulative impacts with nearby bike projects.
The appeal hearing began with appellants’ counsel arguing that the project— which includes new bike lanes, buffers, raised planters, bulb‑outs and parking changes—was not a minor alteration and therefore could not rely on the class 1 and class 4 categorical exemptions. Appellants also argued the project could produce cumulative impacts when viewed in combination with the Masonic Avenue bike project and should not have been “piecemealed” from the broader San Francisco Bicycle Plan review.
Marnie Sussma…
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