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Board affirms planning department's categorical exemption for 312 Green Street after neighbors' appeal
Summary
The Board of Supervisors denied an appeal and unanimously affirmed the Planning Department's determination that a proposed vertical addition at 312 Green Street (Telegraph Hill) is categorically exempt from CEQA.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Jan. 13 affirmed the Planning Department's categorical exemption under CEQA for a proposed vertical addition at 312 Green Street (Telegraph Hill), denying an appeal from neighboring property owners.
The project sponsor proposes adding two stories to an existing two-story single-family house, install a roof deck, widen a garage door and perform seismic and accessibility upgrades. Neighbors, represented by Ryan Patterson and by structural and geotechnical experts, argued the work amounted to de facto demolition that triggers full environmental review due to "unusual circumstances," including potential geotechnical impacts from sandstone outcrops and concerns about view, shade and solar-panel impacts.
Why it matters: The decision upholds the Planning…
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