Posted Apr 21, 2010, 5:06 AM
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the board of stupidvisors just killed this tower:
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S.F. supes knock down plan for new condo tower
Rachel Gordon, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
(04-20) 21:44 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A developer's plan to erect a 38-story condominium tower next to San Francisco's landmark Transamerica Pyramid was knocked down by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday night.
After nearing five hours of public testimony from dozens of speakers on both sides of the debate, the board voted 10-0 to overturn the Planning Commission's determination last month that the project's environmental impact report was adequate, accurate and complete.
"This EIR is fatally flawed," said Board of Supervisors President David Chiu. "It doesn't acknowledge the significant cumulative impacts of wind, of shadows, on transportation, on parking, on transit, on aesthetics,"
The supervisors' rejection of the environmental impact report doesn't by itself kill the proposed project at 555 Washington St. But the developer, Andrew Segal, said he does not plan to go forward.
"If we have to recirculate the EIR, I think we're done," Segal said.
He said a revised analysis would add $1 million to the $6 million the developer already has spent.
He threw the board an end-of-the-game Hail Mary by offering to cut down the size of the tower from 430 feet to 200 feet, which would comply with the allowable height limit in the neighborhood.
Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier's request that the board continue consideration for another month to give city planners time to review the scaled-down plan failed.......
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...#ixzz0lhxasZcW
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