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Board allows school to remove 13 aging trees, strikes 36-inch replacement requirement
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals upheld Department of Public Works' removal permit for 13 aging acacia trees at Claire Lilienthal School but struck a previously imposed requirement that replacements be 36-inch boxed trees; replacement size will be determined after DPW, the school district and neighbors negotiate.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Dec. 6 upheld a permit allowing the San Francisco Unified School District to remove 13 aging acacia trees at Claire Lilienthal (Claire Lilienthal School) but removed a previously ordered condition that replacement trees be 36-inch box specimens. The board left the ultimate replacement size 'to be determined' and asked DPW and the district to work with neighbors and report back.
The school district's landscape manager, Tony Lascano, told the board the district needed smaller stock because its…
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