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Board of Appeals allows homeowner to remove street tree at 371 Silver Ave., citing close spacing
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted 4-0 Jan. 18 to issue a permit allowing removal of one privately maintained street tree at 371 Silver Ave., concluding the pair of trees are planted too closely together and noting that city responsibility for street trees will transfer to Public Works July 1 under Proposition E.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted Jan. 18 to issue a permit allowing the owner at 371 Silver Ave. to remove a privately maintained street tree, concluding the two adjacent trees were planted too close together to be sustainable long term.
The decision followed testimony from Chris Buck, urban forester for the San Francisco Public Works Bureau of Urban Forestry, who told the board that Proposition E — a November charter amendment that the department said received nearly 80 percent support — will shift maintenance responsibility for street trees to Public Works effective July 1. Buck…
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