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Board continues appeal by Alternative Patient Cooperative; DPH urges delivery-only option
Summary
The Board of Appeals continued the appeal by Alternative Patient Cooperative after the Department of Public Health defended its denial of a medical cannabis dispensary permit over inaccessible restroom access. DPH told the Board APC could seek an expedited delivery-only permit; the Board continued the hearing to Feb. 10 so APC can pursue that route.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Dec. 9 continued an appeal by the Alternative Patient Cooperative (APC) after the Department of Public Health (DPH) urged the cooperative to seek a delivery-only permit rather than be exempted from access standards. The Department’s deputy city attorney told the Board the permit denial was tied to APC’s failure to meet minimum access standards in San Francisco Health Code section 3.308(y) and that the health code contains no broad exemption for the cooperative’s landlord dispute.
“The permit was denied because APC failed to comply with the minimum disabled standards contained in Section 3.308, subdivision Y of the health code,” DPH counsel…
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