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Planning Commission backs code change to let neighborhood theaters sell alcohol and broaden programming
Summary
The commission recommended approval of a planning-code amendment to allow on-site beer, wine and liquor sales at movie theaters as an incidental use and to ease local revenue thresholds that treated theaters like restaurants; a Fillmore-specific footnote allowing non‑ticketed patrons to buy drinks was added. The motion passed 7–0.
San Francisco’s Planning Commission voted unanimously Jan. 15 to recommend approval of a planning‑code amendment intended to make it easier for small, single‑screen and historic movie theaters to operate and diversify programming.
The ordinance, sponsored by Supervisor Sheryl and presented to the commission by Lorenzo Rosas, would change the planning code’s definition of “movie theater” so theaters are not automatically treated as restaurants — a classification that locally requires at least 51% of gross receipts to come from food sales prepared on-site.…
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