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Board of Appeals denies request to remove two ficus trees at 3718 Mission Street, upholds Public Works order
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted 5-0 to deny Appeal No. 21-061 and uphold Order 204946, rejecting a property owner’s request to remove two ficus street trees at 3718 Mission Street after Public Works argued the trees are healthy and city crews previously repaired the sidewalk.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on July 20 upheld an order from the Bureau of Urban Forestry and denied an appeal seeking removal of two ficus street trees at 3718 Mission Street.
The appellant’s representative argued the trees had caused repeated sidewalk uplift and sewer problems at the ground-floor business and said repair receipts he submitted totaled “about $4,000.” The appellant asked the board to overturn the Bureau’s June 2020 denial of a tree-removal permit and to allow removal and replacement adjacent to the property.
Steve Keller, acting urban forester with San Francisco Public Works, told the board the applicant first applied for a removal permit in March 2020 and that the bureau denied the permit in June 2020 on the basis that…
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