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Board declines late jurisdiction request over Jack Spade store; community sharply divided
Summary
Merchants and neighborhood groups sought late jurisdiction on a 2012 zoning letter that found Jack Spade was not 'formula retail.' After hours of testimony, the board denied the late filing under the narrow standard for delayed appeals and left the pending permit appeals to proceed on their merits.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Aug. 14 denied a late jurisdiction request from the Valencia Corridor Merchants Association and neighborhood groups seeking to challenge a February 2012 zoning letter of determination (LOD) that concluded Jack Spade’s Sixteenth Street location is not a formula-retail use.
Petitioners argued that Jack Spade — which identified itself as a small, neighborhood-oriented chain when the zoning administrator issued the LOD — is in fact functionally tied to Kate Spade and parent company Fifth & Pacific. Speakers, including community organizers and merchants, presented…
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