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Board upholds denial of tree-removal permit at 2251 Eighteenth Avenue

San Francisco Board of Appeals · December 19, 2007
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The Board of Appeals voted 5–0 to deny a property owner’s appeal of the Department of Public Works’ denial of a permit to remove a large Arbutus marina at 2251 Eighteenth Avenue, finding the tree healthy and preservation feasible with a revised tree basin and maintenance requirements.

The San Francisco Board of Appeals upheld the Department of Public Works’ decision denying a permit to remove a mature Arbutus marina at 2251 Eighteenth Avenue, voting 5–0 to deny the appeal.

Carla Short of the Bureau of Urban Forestry told the board the tree is unusually large and healthy and that expanding the tree basin by two feet into the public right-of-way would accommodate roots while leaving the property owner…

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