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Board of Appeals continues Dorado Terrace street-tree removal case to let permit holder respond
Summary
The Board continued an appeal of Public Works’ order to remove three street trees at 317 Dorado Terrace after lengthy testimony from neighborhood appellant Paul Lanzi and a presentation by Public Works urban forester Chris Buck; the board set the matter for November 7 to allow the permit holder to appear.
Paul Lanzi, an appellant from the Mount Davidson Manor neighborhood, urged the San Francisco Board of Appeals on Oct. 17 to overturn a Public Works order approving the removal of three street trees at 317 Dorado Terrace and to reinstate a previously reduced fine. Lanzi said the trees — two mature ironwood (red ironbark) eucalyptus that were illegally topped in November 2013 — are among the last mature trees in his neighborhood and that past removals have left few viable basins for replanting.
Chris Buck, urban forester with San Francisco Public Works, told the board the bureau issued a fine for excessive pruning and directed the property owner to…
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