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Board sends Telegraph Hill parcel split back to planners after geotechnical, CEQA concerns
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing, supervisors reversed a planning determination that a proposed two-lot subdivision at 1171 Sansom Street was exempt from environmental review and returned the matter to the Planning Department for further study. The decision followed expert testimony raising slope-stability risks.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors reversed a Planning Department determination that a proposed two-lot subdivision at 1171 Sansom Street (the "Edward the Second" related parcel matters) was exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review, and returned the matter to department staff for further analysis.
The hearing combined two appeals: (1) a challenge to the Planning Department's use of the CEQA "general rule exclusion" (often called the GRE) for the subdivision, and (2) an appeal of the Department of Public Works' approval of a tentative parcel map. Appellants argued that the parcel's steep slope, prior landslide history nearby, and the practical effect of splitting ownership would permit development that could…
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