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Planning Commission backs ordinance to ease land‑use limits for massage businesses
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted unanimously to amend the planning code to align massage establishment land‑use controls with other health services, widen where massage businesses can operate and add enforcement safeguards including a three‑year restriction on personal‑service reuse after violations.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Thursday approved changes to the planning code meant to make it easier for massage practitioners and small businesses to open and operate while retaining public‑health safeguards.
Veronica Flores of the Planning Department told commissioners the ordinance would generally permit massage businesses where other health services operate, streamline approvals for ground‑floor uses and keep larger, multi‑employee establishments subject to oversight. "The ordinance will regulate massage establishments more consistently with health services," Flores said, and the Department of Public Health would continue to review licensing and business…
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