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Commission backs code change to allow therapeutic massage with conditional use in North of Market

San Francisco Planning Commission · March 10, 2016
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The Planning Commission approved a planning code amendment to permit massage uses accessory to personal service businesses in the North of Market Special Use District under conditional use authorization, aiming to expand therapeutic services while retaining neighborhood safeguards.

The Planning Commission unanimously approved a planning‑code amendment Thursday to allow therapeutic massage services as accessory uses to personal‑service businesses in the North of Market Special Use District, provided each new massage use obtains conditional use authorization (CU).

Diego Sanchez of the Planning Department outlined three reasons for supporting the ordinance: it increases access to therapeutic massage, aligns operating standards with existing health and planning codes, and…

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