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Board sides with permit holder on Clement Street massage use, orders planning to negotiate enforceable conditions
Summary
The Board of Appeals overruled a notice of violation against Johnson Yu’s acupuncture/massage operation on Clement Street, citing the permit holder’s reliance on a police department permit and directing Planning staff to negotiate enforceable accessory‑use conditions; formal findings to follow.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on June 18 overruled a planning department notice of violation that said a massage use on the Second Floor of 442 Clement Street was not an allowed independent use. Planning had maintained the massage use had to be accessory to a medical office, limited to 300 square feet and to two massage therapists.
Attorney Bridal Gladstone, representing Dr. Johnson Yu, told the board the owner relied on a police department permit and spent roughly $70,000 to build out therapy rooms.…
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