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Board orders Planning Commission review after overturning zoning administrator's signficance finding for 88 Bloxham tennis removal
Summary
After hours of public comment, the Board of Appeals voted to overturn the zoning administrator's letter of determination and require Planning Commission review of Alexandria Real Estate's proposed removal of a below-grade tennis facility from the 88 Bloxham project.
The Board of Appeals on Dec. 8 overturned a zoning administrator's determination that Alexandria Real Estate's decision to remove a below-grade, private tennis facility from the approved 88 Bloxham Street project did not constitute a "significant" change. By reversing the LOD, the board sent the proposed revision back to the Planning Commission for a new large-project authorization if the sponsor seeks to implement the removal.
San Franciscans for Sports and Recreation, which filed the appeal, argued the San Francisco Tennis Club's replacement had been a negotiated, hard-won concession recorded in the Planning Commission motion and that removing the 12-court facility represented a substantial change (appellants referenced a roughly 11% below-grade floor-area reduction figure). Appellant counsel Anthony Giles…
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