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Commission backs ordinance to allow new bars in the Castro under conditional use review

San Francisco Planning Commission · December 16, 2021
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Summary

The commission unanimously approved an ordinance from Supervisor Mandelmann that ends the outright ban on new bars in the Castro Neighborhood Commercial District and instead makes bar uses conditionally permitted so the community can weigh in on specific proposals.

The Planning Commission voted unanimously on Dec. 16 to recommend changes that would remove an outright prohibition on new bars in the Castro Neighborhood Commercial District and make bar uses conditionally permitted.

Jacob Bentliff, representing Supervisor Mandelmann’s office, told the commission that an entrepreneur seeking to open a small wine bar in the Castro discovered that new bars are technically…

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