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Committee advances legacy‑business protection to full board despite planning staff objections
Summary
Supervisors advanced an ordinance to extend conditional‑use authorization to sites that previously housed legacy businesses, citing cultural and economic value to neighborhoods; planning staff recommended disapproval citing verification and policy fit concerns. The committee approved the item 2–1, with Supervisor Mahmood dissenting.
The committee considered an ordinance that would define "legacy businesses" and require conditional‑use authorization before a new nonresidential use replaces a legacy business in certain neighborhood commercial districts and Chinatown. Supervisor Connie Chan presented the item and described legacy businesses as "cultural assets" that anchor neighborhood commercial corridors.
Planning Department staff told the committee the department remains opposed to the ordinance even as…
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