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Board partially reinstates AHF permit for Castro clinic; pharmacy portion sent to conditional‑use review
Summary
The Board overruled the zoning administrator in part and reinstated work on AIDS Healthcare Foundation's clinic at 518 Castro Street after finding a miscalculation in square footage; the pharmacy portion remains subject to conditional‑use/formula‑retail review and will require further planning action.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) appealed a Planning/ZA suspension of a building permit for a proposed clinic and pharmacy at 518 Castro Street. AHF said the permit was issued in good faith and that it had already invested in construction; planning staff said the permit was issued in error because the proposed medical office portion amounted to 2,100 square feet, triggering a conditional‑use authorization in the Castro Neighborhood Commercial District, and because the pharmacy raised potential "formula retail" questions.
Dale Glooth, AHF's Bay Area regional director, said the organization relied on the issued…
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