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Board upholds Park Merced tree-removal permits after lengthy neighborhood hearing
San Francisco Board of Appeals · November 20, 2013
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Summary
The Board of Appeals affirmed three Department of Public Works/Bureau of Urban Forestry permits to remove three trees in Park Merced, rejecting rehearing requests by neighborhood groups that argued inadequate notice and lack of alternative conservation measures.
After extensive testimony from neighbors, arborists and Department of Public Works staff, the San Francisco Board of Appeals on Nov. 20 upheld three tree-removal permits issued to Park Merced LLC and Arborwell Inc.
Appellants argued the Bureau of Urban Forestry (BUF) had not provided sufficient evidence that the trees…
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