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Commission backs zoning change to allow adult sexual venues in LGBTQ cultural districts
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to forward a planning code amendment that defines and principally permits 'adult sexual venues' (operating under Health Code Article 47 standards) in the Castro, parts of SoMa, the Tenderloin and other cultural districts, with technical amendments recommended by staff.
The Planning Commission on April 7 unanimously approved a planning code amendment that would create a specific land‑use category for adult sexual venues (described in the ordinance as businesses operating under Health Code Article 47 standards) and principally permit them in neighborhoods historically associated with San Francisco’s LGBTQ communities.
Supervisor Mandelmann’s office presented the ordinance as a corrective to zoning rules that, staff said, continued to carry the stigma of the AIDS‑era restrictions. The proposal defines an "adult sexual venue" as a retail sales and services use operating under the…
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