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Board upholds variances for 101 Hyde Street project after appeals; variances allow denser corner design
Summary
The Board denied two appeals challenging exposure and protrusion variances for an 8-story, 85-unit building at 101 Hyde Street, finding Planning Department review and CEQA consideration adequate and that variances met the required criteria; the vote was 4-0.
The Board of Appeals on Sept. 2 denied two appeals to variances that allow an L-shaped eight-story residential building at 101 Hyde Street to proceed with reduced rear-yard exposure and an emphasized corner bay-window element.
Appellants John Nolte and Otto Duffy argued the variances skirted protections for livability, window exposure, and historic-district context; Duffy said the project would reduce open-air…
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