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Planning Commission backs package of cannabis land‑use changes, keeps 1,000‑foot school buffer
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Oct. 19 advanced a package of planning‑code changes to implement Proposition 64, voting to transmit an ordinance to the Board of Supervisors that keeps a 1,000‑foot school buffer, adopts an 'orbit' clustering approach and includes limited local exceptions while ordering further work on equity and conversions.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Oct. 19 voted to forward a staff‑led ordinance implementing Proposition 64 to the Board of Supervisors, approving a set of land‑use rules that will govern adult‑use cannabis retail, conversion of existing medical cannabis storefronts and where on‑site consumption may occur.
Planning Department manager Aaron Starr told the commission the draft ordinance creates definitions and a conversion process for existing medical cannabis dispensaries (MCDs), sets a 600‑foot state default buffer around K‑12 schools but left the local decision to the commission, and proposed three alternatives for preventing clustering of retail cannabis businesses: a district concentration cap, a conditional‑use finding approach and an 'orbit' option that limits the number of retailers within a moving 1,000‑foot radius.
Why it matters: The ordinance determines where dozens of retail outlets and 42 pre‑existing medical marijuana clubs may operate as the state moves to legal adult sales starting Jan. 1, 2018. It also ties local…
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