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Board advances overhaul of eating-and-drinking rules to first reading, reducing 13 business categories to 3
Summary
An ordinance to simplify the planning code’s controls on eating and drinking establishments — reducing 13 definitions to three categories (restaurant, restaurant-limited, bar) — was advanced to first reading after amendments. Supporters said the overhaul will help small businesses and neighborhoods adapt.
The Board of Supervisors advanced an ordinance on April 10 that overhauls the city’s planning-code controls for eating and drinking establishments, consolidating roughly 13 definitions into three categories: restaurant, restaurant-limited and bar. The measure passed to first reading after floor amendments and was supported unanimously by the board.
Supervisor Scott Wiener, the legislation’s sponsor, described the changes as overdue and said the…
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