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Historic Preservation Commission continues Preservation Alternatives policy debate, asks staff to revise facade and landscape language
Summary
The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission heard a staff presentation on a draft policy defining what preservation alternatives should look like in Environmental Impact Reports, debated wording about facade retention and whether to explicitly include landscapes, heard public edits from preservation groups, and voted to continue the item for redrafting to March 18, 2015.
The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission on Feb. 18 considered a draft resolution establishing what it expects to see in preservation alternatives included in Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), then voted to continue the item for further revision.
Planning Department staff presented the draft. Tim Frey said staff circulated a revised version and that the resolution was brought at the request of Commission leadership. Lisa Gibson, Senior Environmental Planner, reviewed CEQA basics and the role of alternatives in an EIR, telling commissioners that “EIRs must describe a reasonable range of alternatives to the project or to the location of the project that would feasibly…
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