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Board affirms planning department on Ord Street CEQA exemption after extended hearing
Summary
After a multi-hour hearing with expert testimony and neighborhood speakers, the Board of Supervisors affirmed the Planning Department's determination that the proposed project at 134'136 Ord Street is categorically exempt from environmental review under CEQA.
San Francisco ' The Board of Supervisors affirmed the Planning Department's categorical-exemption determination for a proposed new building at 134'136 Ord Street, rejecting an appeal that argued the agency had failed to conduct required environmental review for the project.
The case drew a lengthy hearing that included neighborhood residents, preservation professionals and the project sponsor's representatives. Appellants argued that the Planning Department relied on an environmental review prepared for a different, earlier project (an alteration of 136 Ord) and failed to analyze potential impacts on nearby recognized historic resources. The Planning Department and the project sponsor said the department had performed the needed review and…
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