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Board upholds Schlage Lock demolition with DTSC condition after brownfield debate
Summary
After lengthy testimony about soil contamination and safeguards, the Board of Appeals upheld demolition permits for the Schlage Lock site at 2201 Bayshore Boulevard but conditioned approval on DTSC sign‑off of air monitoring, dust control and soil management plans before slabs or foundations can be removed.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted May 20 to uphold demolition permits for the Schlage Lock redevelopment at 2201 Bayshore Boulevard while imposing a condition that building slabs and foundations not be removed until the Department of Toxic Substances Control has approved air‑monitoring, dust‑control and soil‑management plans.
Appellant counsel Robert Garcia told the board the demolition could expose adjacent properties to volatile organics and other soil contaminants, calling the site a "toxic Brownfield" and arguing that Mr. Brahma Swamy’s small residential property would bear disproportionate risk and loss. "To give them this permit at this time is like…
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