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Planning Commission backs citywide study of formula retail, urges pause on piecemeal changes
Summary
After a multi-hour presentation and public testimony representing businesses, neighborhood groups and trade organizations, the Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend a consultant-led citywide study of 'formula retail' and asked staff to design a public scoping process; the motion passed 4–0.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted on July 25, 2013 to recommend that the Board of Supervisors and Planning Department pursue a citywide study of ‘formula retail’ controls and to work with OEWD on a consultant-prepared economic analysis.
Planning staff told commissioners there are “about 7 active proposals” before decision makers and recommended slowing structural changes so that data and analysis can inform citywide policy rather than adopting piecemeal legislative changes. Sophie Hayward briefed the commission on the evolution of formula-retail controls in San Francisco, noting that the first controls were adopted in 2004 and that a 2007 charter amendment requires conditional-use…
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