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Board rejects legacy-business zoning ordinance after extended debate
Summary
After more than an hour of debate, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors defeated an ordinance that would have defined and regulated ‘legacy businesses,’ with opponents saying the measure risked creating new barriers for small businesses and posed implementation challenges for the Planning Department.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted down an ordinance on Nov. 18 that would have defined “legacy businesses” and required conditional use authorization before replacing those businesses in certain neighborhood commercial districts.
Supervisor Chien, the ordinance’s sponsor, told colleagues the measure sought to protect long‑running neighborhood businesses as cultural assets and preserve jobs, and proposed amendments to exempt micro and small businesses and storefronts that had been vacant for three or more…
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