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Commission recommends one-year moratorium and study to shrink Polk Street retail unit size

San Francisco Planning Commission · September 27, 2007
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Summary

The Planning Commission recommended a change to the Polk Street neighborhood commercial district that would lower the nonresidential use-size threshold to encourage smaller storefronts and protect longtime neighborhood businesses, with a one-year sunset for study.

San Francisco — The Planning Commission recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt an ordinance to reduce the permitted nonresidential use size in the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District and asked that the change include a one‑year sunset and study period.

Tara Sullivan, planning staff, told the Commission the proposal — introduced by Supervisor Peskin — would lower the threshold from 2,999 square…

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