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Planning Commission approves allowing five full‑service restaurants on Union Street with liquor controls
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission unanimously approved a code amendment allowing up to five new full‑service restaurants in the Union Street Neighborhood Commercial District, capping total full‑service restaurants at 32 and adding liquor‑license controls limiting bar area to 20% and closing bars at midnight.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Sept. 25 approved an amendment to the Union Street Neighborhood Commercial District that will allow up to five new full‑service restaurants in the corridor and cap the total permitted full‑service restaurants in the district at 32.
Tara Sullivan Lanane of the Planning Department told the commission the proposal adds three liquor‑control measures for those new restaurants: the bar area may occupy no more than 20% of seating capacity, establishments must operate as bona fide eating places, and the bar area should close at midnight. Sullivan Lanane clarified that a separate ‘‘bona fide eating’’ test—if linked to…
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