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Board overturns DPW denial, allows removal of eight trees at 900 Folsom with 11‑tree replacement
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on June 20 overruled a Department of Public Works denial and granted a permit to remove eight street trees at 900 Folsom necessary, the developer said, to safely install large prefabricated curtain‑wall panels. The board required the developer to replace the eight trees with 11 trees of equal trunk diameter and canopy, to be approved by DPW Urban Forestry.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted unanimously on June 20 to overrule the Department of Public Works’ denial of a permit to remove eight public‑right‑of‑way trees at 900 Folsom Street, granting the removal on the condition that the developer replace the trees with 11 specimens of equal or better trunk diameter and canopy and that DPW’s Bureau of Urban Forestry (BUF) approve the replacements.
Developer Eric Tao, principal of the company building at 900 Folsom, told the board the project will include a residential building with 15 percent below‑market‑rate units and that contractors must hoist large unitized curtain‑wall panels that, he and his construction experts said, cannot be installed safely with the…
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