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Planning Commission approves zoning tweak to allow massage services inside health-care offices
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously approved a trailing ordinance to allow massage establishments as accessory uses within health-service offices citywide and to correct a zoning-table error for NC2 districts; commissioners and staff said the change aims to reduce stigma and help small massage businesses recover from the pandemic.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted unanimously 7–0 on Feb. 3 to approve an amendment to the planning code that allows massage establishments to operate as an accessory use inside health-service offices such as chiropractic and acupuncture clinics.
Planning staff said the change is a follow-up to a broader zoning reform enacted last year that relaxed restrictions on standalone massage businesses. Veronica Flores, planning department staff, told the commission the amendment fixes a zoning-table error in NC2 districts and would ‘‘allow…
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