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Historic Preservation Commission backs Academy of Art University settlement package, including $58M in payments and master permits for 12 historic properties
Summary
The commission unanimously adopted CEQA findings and recommended approval of planning code amendments, a development agreement and master permits/certificates affecting 12 historic Academy properties as part of a global settlement that includes about $58 million to the city and requirements to legalize and restore dozens of campus sites.
The Historic Preservation Commission on Wednesday adopted CEQA findings and voted to recommend approval of a development agreement, planning code amendments and a set of master permits and certificates of appropriateness that are part of a global settlement between the city and the Academy of Art University.
Scott Sanchez of the Planning Department summarized decades of enforcement and review, saying unpermitted conversions at Academy properties led to notices of violation beginning in 2007, litigation and a negotiated global term sheet that frames the current package. Andrew Perry and colleagues outlined the DA’s core elements: legalization and permitting of Academy uses at roughly 34 properties (including adding three properties and withdrawing uses at nine), corrective modifications for past…
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