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Planning Commission Denies Wine Shop at 507 Columbus, Citing Liquor Concentration in North Beach

San Francisco Planning Commission · March 13, 2008
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Summary

The commission denied a conditional use for a proposed wine retail/tasting operation at 507 Columbus after staff and numerous residents said North Beach already has an overconcentration of drinking establishments and needs more neighborhood-serving retail.

The Planning Commission denied a conditional use request for a wine retail and tasting operation proposed at 507 Columbus Avenue in North Beach.

Applicant Jalal Hegari framed the project as a small wine retail store with occasional tastings and an educational focus; he described a modest operation and said he had invested in tenant improvements. Planning staff recommended denial, citing a long-standing pattern of…

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