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Committee examines DAO off-sale alcohol fee as small-business burden; staff recommend changes
Summary
Supervisors heard DPH, SFPD and the Office of Small Business review the Deemed Approved Uses ordinance, including a $272 annual fee and a fee-waiver process; the working group and Office of Small Business suggested the fee may be unnecessary and recommended reconsideration; the hearing was continued to the call of the chair.
Supervisor (Feuer in transcript) convened a hearing on Administrative Code Chapter 26, the Deemed Approved Uses (DAO) ordinance, to review the ordinance's function, retailer education and small-business impacts. Patricia Ewen of the Department of Public Health summarized DPH outreach: in-person visits, annual mailings in eight languages and an online fee-waiver form for retailers owned and operated at the same location for three years with clean records.
DPH said the DAO annual fee was $272 for fiscal year…
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