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Board upholds Sons Edition sidewalk-cafe permit with limits on weekend hours and event days
Summary
After hours of testimony from neighbors and cultural-district advocates, the Board of Appeals granted the sidewalk-cafe permit for Sons Edition at 2990 Fourth Street with conditions: no outdoor seating during city-permitted block events and last seating capped on weekend nights.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on March 21 upheld Public Works’ conditional approval of a permanent sidewalk-cafe permit for Sons Edition (permit 17TC0456) at 2990 Fourth Street but added clarifications limiting when the outdoor seating may be used.
Caliente Cuatro Latino Cultural District founder Eric Arguello urged commissioners to overturn or narrow the permit, arguing the full-service outdoor seating and later hours would conflict with the district’s emerging design guidelines and could set an undesirable precedent for gentrification on 20th/ Fourth Street. "By upholding this…
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