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Committee pauses small‑business permitting changes amid confusion over quarter‑mile buffers and 'bona‑fide eating place' rules
Summary
Legislation to streamline small‑business permitting, recalibrate buffers around restricted‑use districts and create a narrow bona‑fide‑eating‑place exemption for certain entertainment venues drew extensive debate; committee continued the item so supervisors can consult constituents and staff can nail down which corridors keep quarter‑mile buffers.
Supervisor Jane (Brown) introduced legislation July 8 to simplify permitting for small businesses by clarifying buffer rules around restricted‑use districts, right‑sizing how permissibility for NC1 and LCU parcels is measured (proposing 300‑foot or nearest‑NCD rules in some cases), and by exempting narrowly defined entertainment venues from two local bona‑fide eating‑place requirements (51% food‑sales rule and minimum days/hours) when they meet specific criteria.
The central policy questions at committee were twofold: whether quarter‑mile buffers around restricted‑use districts currently apply in the…
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