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Board affirms planning department decision: no CEQA historic-resource hold on Parkside addition
Summary
After a contested hearing with competing expert reports, the Board of Supervisors affirmed the Planning Department's determination that a proposed third-floor and rear addition at 246220 Seventh Avenue does not require further environmental review under CEQA for historic-resource impacts.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday affirmed the Planning Department's CEQA determination that a proposed addition at 246220 Seventh Avenue does not trigger further environmental review for impacts to historic resources.
The appeal—filed by neighbors and represented at the hearing by counsel—argued that (1) the block contains clusters of early-20th-century houses that together could form a potential historic district and (2) the subject building could contribute to that district; appellants urged the board to require environmental review rather than allow the department's categorical exemption. They submitted the Parkside historic context statement (commissioned for the neighborhood), a neighborhood survey, and expert analyses concluding a potential district or multiple structures of interest near the site.
The project sponsor and the Planning…
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