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Board of Appeals denies rehearing for 473 Haight dispensary; DPH acknowledges supervisory errors
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted 5-0 to deny a rehearing request for a medical cannabis dispensary permit at 473 Haight Street, after appellant lawyers argued the city misapplied rules on ‘intensification’ and Department of Public Health managers acknowledged supervisory mistakes that led to two improper operating episodes.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals denied a rehearing request on Nov. 16 for a medical cannabis dispensary permit at 473 Haight Street, voting 5-0 to uphold the Department of Public Health’s earlier decision to grant the permit.
Appellant counsel Steve Williams told the board the prior hearing had been given incomplete or incorrect information about what constitutes an “intensification” of a nonconforming use and said a tenfold planned increase in production and traffic should have triggered a separate land-use hearing. “Those assertions are…
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