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Board upholds permit for Verizon wireless facility at 443 Haight after neighbor protests
Summary
The Board of Appeals rejected challenges to the 443 Haight Street permit, finding Department of Public Works, Planning and Public Health reviews met Article 25 and CEQA procedures; commissioners concluded notice and technical reviews did not legally require overturning the permit.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on June 13 considered an appeal by neighborhood residents challenging a tentative and final permit for a Verizon Wireless personal wireless service facility at 443 Haight Street and voted to uphold the permit.
Appellant Thea Selby and her husband Robert Johnstone argued the applicant failed to give required notice to tenants, did not adequately consider historic‑district impacts and submitted a flawed CEQA categorical exemption form. Selby said the affidavit of noticing listed owners but not tenants and that the posted notice was either absent or late. "This permit should be denied for three…
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