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Board denies appeal and upholds Planning Department letter finding historic restaurant use at 524 Union St.

San Francisco Board of Appeals · January 27, 2021
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Summary

The Board denied an appeal challenging a Planning Department letter of determination and concluded the department properly found that historical evidence supports continued restaurant use at 524 Union Street. The decision restores a path for leasing the landmarked restaurant space.

The Board of Appeals on a 4–0 vote denied an appeal of a Planning Department letter of determination that found the historic restaurant use at 524 Union Street had not been abandoned.

Property representative (caller identified as Smuka) described a complex history of prior approvals, temporary closures and a long vacancy, and asked the Board to revise or to strike immaterial or inaccurate narrative detail from the department’s…

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