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Planning Commission approves Andronico’s/Safeway at Clement and 30th with neighborhood mitigation
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission unanimously approved a conditional use authorization allowing Andronico’s (Safeway) to occupy a 16,664‑square‑foot former Fresh & Easy site at Clement and 30th, while directing the sponsor to continue neighborhood outreach and adopt security/maintenance measures to address park‑adjacent concerns.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on July 25 approved a conditional use authorization for Andronico’s, a Safeway‑branded community market, to operate in a 16,664 square‑foot storefront at the northwest corner of Clement and 30th avenues.
Planning department staff told the commission the space was designed for grocery use and had been vacant since Fresh & Easy left in 2015. Elizabeth Jahnkeer, planning staff, said the department had received 19 emails supporting the project and five opposing the proposed hours of operation; the department recommended approval and noted that a condition limiting hours could be added if the commission directed it.
Melinda Sargentpour, representing the sponsor, said Andronico’s planned to operate from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., less than the principally permitted 6 a.m.–2 a.m. window for the shopping center, and emphasized outreach to neighbors. Neighbors who spoke at the hearing asked the commission to trim early‑morning hours because the store abuts Lincoln Park and residents worry about non‑residential congregating and impacts on quiet residential streets.
Commissioners pressed the sponsor on mitigation measures rather than a hard hour reduction. The sponsor said it had already limited proposed hours in pre‑application outreach and offered operational steps — designated community contact, pre‑opening coordination with police, monitoring of deliveries and landscaping and a property maintenance/security condition — to address concerns.
Commissioner Koppel moved to approve the conditional use authorization with directions to continue working with the neighborhood on security and property maintenance measures; the motion was seconded and carried unanimously. Chair Milgar recorded the vote as 6–0. The approval includes a requirement that the sponsor keep working with neighborhood groups on security mitigation and consider delivery and pre‑opening monitoring plans to minimize impacts.
The commission’s approval allows the market to proceed to building and permit review; any change to the approved hours or an operating condition will require follow‑up review or an amendment to the approval.
