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Board allows removal of four Mission Street trees with condition of five 60-inch-box replacements
Summary
The Board of Appeals granted Panoramic Interests' appeal to remove four trees at 1321 Mission St., on condition the project sponsor plant five replacement trees at 60-inch-box size; the vote was unanimous 4-0.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Feb. 5 modified a Department of Public Works urban forestry order and granted Panoramic Interests' appeal to remove four trees at 1321 Mission St., conditioned on planting five replacement trees in 60-inch boxes.
Carla Short of the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Urban Forestry, told the board the three street trees on the Mission Street frontage were "exemplary" and healthy, and the department had initially been reluctant to allow their removal. Short said after discussions with the project sponsor and consideration of alternatives — including moving utilities and pursuing occasional MTA exemptions — the department agreed to an exception if the project sponsor planted larger-than-normal replacement trees. "We would ask the Board to overturn the department with the condition that all replacement trees be a 60 inches box size," Short said.
Project sponsor Patrick Kennedy confirmed the commitment to the replacement program.
The board voted 4-0 to grant the appeal and modify the order to allow the removal of the four subject trees provided that five replacement trees, each in a 60-inch box, are planted.
The decision resolves the appeal by formalizing a replacement-tree requirement intended to offset the loss of mature street trees.
