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San Francisco Planning Commission denies Sherwin Williams conditional-use request for Polk Street
Summary
After hours of testimony from local merchants and residents, the Planning Commission voted 4–3 to disapprove Sherwin Williams’ request to open a formula retail paint store at 1529 Polk Street, citing concerns about impacts on independent Polk Street businesses and the formula-retail analysis used for the neighborhood.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted 4–3 on Dec. 1 to deny a conditional-use authorization sought by Sherwin Williams to occupy 1529 Polk Street.
Planning staff presented the application as a request under the formula-retail rules (planning code sections 303, 703.3(b) and 703.4) to allow the national paint retailer to operate in a long-vacant storefront in the Polk Street neighborhood commercial district. Department staff said the project would activate a space vacant since 2008 and noted proposed storefront transparency and conditions intended to preserve neighborhood character.
Andrew Junius, representing the applicant,…
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