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Board advances appeal over 445 Wawona exemption, directs limited further review on traffic safety
Summary
After a lengthy hearing, the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 25 voted to advance motions that would disapprove the Planning Department's categorical exemption for an eight-house infill project at 445 Wawona Street and directed Planning to do limited additional review focused on traffic safety tied to driveway access on narrow Fifteenth Avenue.
The Board of Supervisors held a lengthy public hearing on Sept. 25 over an appeal of the Planning Department's categorical exemption for a proposed infill project at 445 Wawona Street, a portion of the Arden Wood residential care facility property.
Residents and appellants urged the board to require an Environmental Impact Report (EIR), arguing five separate grounds: overwhelmed storm and sewer infrastructure and recurrent flooding in the neighborhood; potential changes to groundwater flow from construction on filled creek beds; possible impact on protected bird species (including Cooper's hawks); traffic-safety risks on narrow Fifteenth Avenue; and irreversible impacts to an area…
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