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Planning Commission backs modified ordinance letting some retailers use less-transparent roll-down gates with artwork, mailed-notice grandfathering
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 5–1 Dec. 8 to approve a planning-code amendment allowing certain nonresidential properties — initially focused on cannabis retailers — to install gates, railings and grillwork that do not meet the 75% transparency rule, with conditions including an artwork requirement and a three-year grandfathering window triggered by mailed notice.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Dec. 8 approved a modified planning-code amendment that will allow some retailers to install roll-down security gates that do not meet the city's 75% transparency standard, with new conditions to guard neighborhood character and reduce graffiti.
Supervisor Safae, who introduced the legislation, told the commission the measure arose from conversations with small-business owners who said transparent security systems had made them targets for burglary and vandalism. "They told us that having transparent security systems on the front subject them to a higher level of burglary and vandalism," Safae said, arguing the change balances public safety with design…
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