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Planning Commission backs stricter limits on tobacco paraphernalia in North of Market SUD
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve code amendments tightening the definition and controls on tobacco paraphernalia establishments in the North Of Market Special Use District, adding a quarter‑mile buffer around Lower Polk and an 18‑month abandonment rule while urging the supervisor to explore hours limits and stronger enforcement.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Feb. 8 endorsed a planning‑code amendment to curb new tobacco paraphernalia establishments in the North Of Market Special Use District (NOMA SUD), voting unanimously 6–0 to approve staff recommendations and additional community requests.
Planning staff told the commission the measure tightens the code’s definition of “tobacco paraphernalia establishment” — so that any retail presence of paraphernalia would qualify the use — requires conditional use authorization where applicable, and shortens the abandonment/grandfathering period for legal nonconforming TPEs from three years to 18 months. Staff also recommended extending existing Polk Street controls into the Lower Polk neighborhood and adding a quarter‑mile buffer to close a gap where high concentrations of drug‑related incidents were…
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