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Board eases formula-retail rules on Van Ness to spur storefront occupancy
Summary
An ordinance to remove conditional use authorization requirements for certain formula retail uses on Van Ness Avenue passed on first reading. Sponsors said the change aims to reduce barriers for filling store vacancies on a corridor with a very high ground-floor vacancy rate.
The Board of Supervisors voted to pass on first reading an amendment to the Planning Code that removes conditional use authorization requirements for formula retail uses in residential-commercial districts fronting Van Ness Avenue.
Supervisor Sherrill, the measure's lead sponsor, told the board the law is designed to reduce barriers to filling persistent commercial vacancies on the corridor. "Planning department surveys found a 53% ground floor commercial vacancy rate on Van…
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