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Planning commission sends Polk Street formula‑retail proposal back to supervisors with disapproval and recommendations
Summary
After more than three hours of public testimony split almost evenly between residents and merchants, the commission voted 4–3 to disapprove Supervisor Peskin’s wholesale ban on formula retail in the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District and forwarded detailed recommendations urging a narrower, tiered approach and grandfathering for pending applications.
A heated public hearing on June 2 drew merchants, residents, labor and national retail representatives to weigh in on Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s proposed ordinance to ban formula retail in the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District. Testimony split along neighborhood lines: merchant and neighborhood‑association supporters said the ban would preserve Polk’s character, while many nearby residents and business groups warned a blanket prohibition would…
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