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Commission signals intent to consider rezoning for 110 Embarcadero after high‑profile debate over height and LEED Platinum design
Summary
After lengthy public testimony on shadows, historic resources and sea‑level concerns, the commission voted 4–3 to initiate zoning and general‑plan amendments and to return for approval hearings on a proposed 10‑story LEED‑Platinum office and living‑wall building at 110 Embarcadero. Staff had recommended disapproval on policy grounds but found no substantial environmental evidence requiring an EIR.
The Planning Commission on Nov. 6 confronted sharply divided public sentiment over a proposed LEED‑Platinum office tower at 110 Embarcadero that would require rezoning the parcel from an 84‑foot to a 130‑foot height limit.
Staff’s environmental review (a preliminary mitigated negative declaration) found no substantial evidence to require an environmental impact report. Nonetheless, planning staff recommended disapproval on policy grounds — chiefly that a spot rezoning at this prominent waterfront site would undermine downtown plan goals to scale development down toward the waterfront and protect…
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