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Board of Appeals denies rehearing request for Hometown Creamery mobile food permit at Union Square
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals denied a rehearing request from the Union Square Business Improvement District and upheld a conditional mobile food permit for San Francisco Hometown Creamery at 281 Geary Street, finding no new evidence on pedestrian congestion. The Department of Public Works had previously conditioned the permit.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Aug. 8, 2018 denied a rehearing request from the Union Square Business Improvement District and left intact a conditional permit allowing San Francisco Hometown Creamery to operate a vintage van near Union Square.
The board considered new pedestrian-count data cited by the BID in a rehearing petition but concluded the information did not constitute the sort of new, material evidence that would justify reopening the case. "We don't believe there is new information that justifies a rehearing," Vice President Rick Swig said when he moved to deny the request; the motion carried.
Karen Flood, executive…
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