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Planning commission declines to certify Larkin Street housing EIR after neighbors press reuse, design concerns
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 4–3 not to certify the final EIR for the proposed 27‑unit development at 1601–1603 Larkin Street after residents and preservationists said the document failed to analyze feasible adaptive‑reuse alternatives and adequately address visual impacts. The developer may revise environmental review or the commission may later disapprove the project.
The San Francisco Planning Commission failed to certify the final environmental impact report for the proposed residential redevelopment of 1601–1603 Larkin Street on Thursday, after more than three hours of public testimony and debate.
Planning staff urged certification of the EIR, saying the document complied with CEQA and responded to submitted comments, but neighbors, preservation consultants and some commissioners said the report did not give sufficiently robust treatment to adaptive‑reuse alternatives or to the project’s visual and neighborhood compatibility impacts. "The alternatives in the DEIR are insufficient as…
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