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Commission approves temporary awning and business‑sign amnesty for small businesses

San Francisco Planning Commission · June 1, 2023
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Summary

The Planning Commission approved a one‑year amnesty program to help small businesses bring existing unpermitted awnings and qualifying business signs into compliance, waiving planning and DBI fees for qualifying awnings and creating a streamlined permit pathway.

The Planning Commission on June 1 approved a temporary amnesty ordinance to allow many San Francisco small businesses to regularize unpermitted awnings and certain business signs without paying enforcement penalties and, in many cases, without paying planning or DBI permit fees.

Katie Tang of the Office of Small Business described the program as an effort to reduce pressure on businesses that received complaints earlier in the year: “We…

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