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Board conditions tree‑removal permit at site of 94‑unit Third Street project, delays cutting until Planning Commission hearing
Summary
After testimony from arborists, neighbors and the project sponsor, the San Francisco Board of Appeals upheld a DPW permit to remove two large eucalyptus trees at 2051 Third Street but imposed conditions: trees cannot be removed until the Planning Commission’s large‑project authorization hearing on June 5, 2014, and replacement street trees must meet a minimum planting‑stock size of 48‑inch box when feasible.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on May 7 upheld a Department of Public Works permit to remove two large eucalyptus trees at 2051 Third Street but placed conditions on the removal, saying the trees may not be cut down until after the Planning Commission’s large‑project authorization hearing on June 5, 2014, and ordering generous replacement planting.
The decision came after more than an hour of testimony in which two consulting arborists and multiple neighbors described competing views of the trees’ health, safety risk and community value. Ray Maritz, a licensed arborist retained by appellants, described the trees as “the only mature trees on that block” and said they provide habitat and visual…
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