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Board splits on Green Street excavation; site permit upheld with revised plans after debate over underpinning
Summary
A dispute over excavation and foundation work at 2774 Green Street produced lengthy technical testimony. Engineers for the permit holder defended hand‑dug piers and jet‑grout walls; neighbors cited measured settlement and sought underpinning or conditions. The Board ultimately granted the appeal with revised plans that remove a unit merger and conditioned aspects of the site permit.
Neighbors and the owner of 2774 Green Street spent hours before the Board of Appeals debating whether a proposed excavation and foundation system threatens an adjacent house.
Appellants’ engineer Renee Loft argued that prior work had caused measurable settlement (about a half‑inch at certain points) and that additional excavation for a new basement would amplify damage. “Half an inch is not standard if I make an excavation and my neighbor’s house…
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