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Supervisors advance change to allow more formula retail on Van Ness to address vacancy problem
Summary
The Board of Supervisors on April 22 advanced an ordinance to eliminate conditional-use requirements for many formula retail uses along Van Ness Avenue and to ease ownership changes at preexisting formula retail sites.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 22 passed on first reading an ordinance that removes conditional-use authorization for formula retail (chain stores) along Van Ness Avenue for certain lots between Chestnut and Broadway, and clarifies that a change in ownership or operator of a preexisting formula retail use that never had a conditional-use authorization is not automatically an intensification requiring one.
Supervisor Sherrill, who spoke at length in support, said the move is aimed at addressing "a crisis of persistent commercial vacancies" on Van Ness. Citing planning department…
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