By J.D. Morris : sfchronicle – excerpt
San Francisco legislators have put the brakes on a project that would replace a single-family Nob Hill home with 10 townhomes after neighbors objected in part because they said the proposed complex would cast too much shadow on an adjacent public recreation center.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday overturned the city Planning Commission’s previous decision that the proposed redevelopment of 1151 Washington St. did not need an environmental review because it met the standard for an exemption under state law.
Opponents argued the site had contaminated soils that required closer study, and the townhomes would excessively shade the nextdoor Betty Ann Ong Recreation Center’s basketball courts and playground at their hours of peak use, among other concerns.
Supervisors sided with the critics in a 7-4 vote that sent the question of the project’s environmental impacts back to planning officials for further analysis…(more)
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