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Board of Appeals overrules planning, permits limited sake sales next to sushi restaurant
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals overturned a planning determination and directed findings to allow reactivation of a dormant off-sale (type 20) license for sake at a magazine store adjacent to Cafe Abir/Tsunami Sushi, subject to conditions and later written findings. The vote was 5–0.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted 5–0 to overturn the planning director’s determination and permit the limited reactivation of a dormant off‑sale liquor license so the magazine/grocery store next to Cafe Abir/Tsunami Sushi can sell sake, with written findings and conditions to follow.
The appeal centered on whether a long‑dormant Type 20 Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) license — originally associated with a health‑food store at 1306 Fulton Street and deactivated in 2001 — could be treated as a continuing, nonconforming use or must be considered a new permit subject to the city’s alcohol‑restricted‑use rules. Tina Tam of the Planning Department told the board that planning views a license that has been inactive for an extended period as abandoned for zoning…
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