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Board upholds Planning Department: specialty grocer at 507 Columbus not eligible for limited-use restaurant conversion

San Francisco Board of Appeals · March 10, 2021
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Summary

The Board of Appeals denied a business-owner appeal seeking conversion of a specialty grocery at 507 Columbus Avenue to a restaurant under ordinance 182-20, citing planning code distinctions and precedent concerns.

On March 10 the San Francisco Board of Appeals denied an appeal from a business owner seeking a change of use at 507 Columbus Avenue that would allow in‑place alcohol service under a limited-use-to-restaurant conversion enacted by ordinance 182-20.

Appellant counsel Nick Cola argued the establishment functioned as a limited-use restaurant in practice and requested discretionary relief under…

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