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Supervisors reject ordinance to create permanent legacy-business conditional-use rules
Summary
After hours of debate about implementation and unintended effects, the Board of Supervisors voted 6–4 to reject an ordinance that would have defined 'legacy businesses' and required conditional-use review before replacing them in certain commercial districts.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted down an ordinance aimed at making permanent protections for long‑running “legacy” businesses after concerns from multiple supervisors that the measure could produce unintended consequences.
Supervisor Chiam introduced the bill as an effort to protect cultural assets and neighborhood small businesses, saying the ordinance would recognize long‑running businesses as contributors to local economies and preserve jobs and neighborhood character. The proposed measure would have defined legacy businesses (operating 15 years or more in specified commercial districts) and required a conditional use…
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