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Board orders removal and replacement of two Hickory Street trees, sets narrow-basin and clearance conditions
Summary
After extended public testimony and debate about sidewalk access and tree survivability, the Board of Appeals voted 5-0 to allow removal of two oversized street trees at 477 Hickory Street and required replacement trees be planted in 2x4 basins while maintaining a 48-inch pedestrian clearance.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted unanimously on Aug. 15 to overturn a Bureau of Urban Forestry denial and allow removal and replacement of two large trees at 477 Hickory Street, directing the bureau to permit replacement trees in reduced basins on the condition that a 48-inch pedestrian clear path be maintained.
Property owner Keith Potter said the trees, planted in 1992 and now more than 50 feet tall, have damaged sidewalks, produced unstable trunks and reduced pedestrian clearance to as little as 32 inches near his property. "Replacing that basin…
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