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Committee advances narrow exemption to bring Trader Joe’s to 555 Fulton, with conditions and community review
Summary
Supervisor Vallie Brown’s ordinance to allow a formula‑retail grocery (Trader Joe’s) at 555 Fulton was amended to retain conditional use review and enforcement mechanisms and forwarded to the full Board. Planning staff and the Planning Commission recommended changes; Trader Joe’s representative said the company can accept the ordinance as originally drafted.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on Oct. 21 advanced an ordinance introduced by Supervisor Vallie Brown to allow a formula‑retail grocery at 555 Fulton Street (at Laguna) in the Fulton Street Grocery Special Use District, while explicitly preserving conditional use authorization and enforcement.
Supervisor Vallie Brown said the site has been pursued for years and that Trader Joe’s has signed a lease to occupy the space pending entitlements. “There’s finally a light at the end of the tunnel… We’ve had an interested…
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