FILE NO. 181211
AMENDED IN BOARD
7/30/2019
ORDINANCE NO.
205-19
[Health, Planning, and Police Codes- Small Business Permit Streamlining]
Ordinance to streamline small business permitting by, among other things, amending
the Health Code to align regulation of restaurant enclosures for outdoor food service
and restroom requirements with state standards; amending the Planning Code to
clarify that a Type 2 (winegrower) and Type 23 (small beer manufacturer) liquor
license,§, may be used in conjunction with a Bar or Restaurant use, to amend the
definition of a Bar to provide for consistent treatment of Type 64 liquor licenses, to
modify Nighttime Entertainment use food service requirements, to reduce the distance
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districts to aAYCertain neighborhood commercial district,§,, to reduce the distance
measured amend the use limitation provisions for nonconforming uses in RH
(Residential, House), RM (Residential Mixed), and RTO (Residential, Transit-Oriented)
districts to aAYCertain neighborhood commercial district,§,, to amend the definition of
General Entertainment to include Amusement Game Arcade, to allo'.¥ as a permitted
use an Outdoor Activity Area operated between 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.,to allow mechanical
amusement games as a principally permitted use on the first story in the Haight Street
Neighborhood Commercial District. to allow General Entertainment uses on higher
floors in the Japantown Neighborhood Commercial District. aAd to allow Limited
Restaurant use as an Accessory Use, and to revise the Upper Market Neighborhood
Commercial Transit (NCTl District to allow General Entertainment as a principal use on
the first and second stories; amending the Police Code to eliminate certain duplicative
inspections and signoffs in connection with Place of Entertainment permits, and
amending the definition of Limited Live Performance Locale to remove the requirement
for food and beverage service; affirming the Planning Department's determination
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under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency
with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1,
and public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings pursuant to Planning Code,
Section 302.
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Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco:
Section 1. Environmental and Land Use Findings.
(a)
The Planning Department has determined that the actions contemplated in this
ordinance comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources
Code Sections 21000 et seq.). Said determination is on file with the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors in File No. 181211 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms
this determination.
(b)
On March 7, 2019, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 20401, adopted
findings that the actions contemplated in this ordinance are consistent, on balance, with the
City's General Plan and eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 1 01.1. The Board
adopts these findings as its own. A copy of said Resolution is on file with the Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors in File No. 181211, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c)
Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, this Board finds that this Planning Code
Amendment will serve the public necessity, convenience, and welfare for the reasons set forth
in Planning Commission Resolution No. 20401, and the Board incorporates such reasons
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herein by reference. A copy of Planning Commission Resolution No. 20401 is on file with the
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File No. 181211.
Section 2. Background, Purpose, and General Findings.
(a)
In February 2018, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development
published "State of the Retail Sector: Challenges and Opportunities for San Francisco's
Neighborhood Commercial Districts" (the "Retail Study"). Prepared by Strategic Economics,
the Retail Study included briefs studying: the national restructuring of the retail, restaurant,
and personal services industries; the factors required to support successful San Francisco
retail districts; and opportunities, costs, and challenges for retail, restaurant, and personal
services businesses in San Francisco, and the adaptations that businesses are making in
response to changing conditions.
(b)
The Retail Study identified a national trend in retail stores seeking to experiment
with new strategies to capitalize on increasing consumer demand for experiences, as
opposed to objects. The Retail Study observed that, to remain competitive with e-commerce
businesses, retailers are increasingly seeking to incorporate food and drink sales, events, and
classes into their businesses, and noted a number of San Francisco businesses
experimenting with diverse offerings.
(c)
While San Francisco possesses many competitive advantages that benefit local
retailers and restaurants, the Retail Study observed that a significant number of neighborhood
commercial districts are experiencing an increase in vacancy rates. The Retail Study also
found that San Francisco businesses face challenges connected to the City's land use
regulations and permitting requirements, which can add significant cost and time to the
process of opening a new business and may limit retailers' flexibility to adapt to changing
economic conditions.
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(d)
San Francisco's nightlife and entertainment sector is an integral part of the City's
vibrant commercial corridors. Nightlife and entertainment businesses attract tourists and
residents to the City's diverse neighborhoods. The Retail Study found that nightlife and
entertainment uses complement neighborhood retail sales and services by providing
destinations and gathering spaces for potential retail customers.
(e)
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the nightlife and entertainment
sector in San Francisco in 2017 was comprised of 3, 715 restaurants, bars, live music venues,
nightclubs, and other performance spaces with 63,695 employees citywide.
(f)
A 2016 analysis by the Controller's Office found that nightlife generated $6
billion in consumer spending in 2015. The nightlife sector paid approximately $80 million in
local taxes in 2015, including $60 million in sales tax and $20 million in payroll and gross
receipts taxes.
(g)
Despite these significant contributions to the local economy, nightlife and
entertainment businesses often face zoning barriers, burdensome permitting requirements,
and duplicative inspections. Legislation to address these challenges will reduce storefront
vacancies, improve the permitting process for small businesses, enable retailers to engage in
creative strategies to attract customers and diversify revenues, and support the health of San
Francisco's commercial corridors.
Section 3. Article 8 of the Health Code is hereby amended by revising Sections 412
and 440.5, to read as follows:
SEC. 412. WIRE SCREENS, ETC., IN PLACES WHERE FOOD IS SOLD.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association,_ or corporation engaged in
maintaining, conducting, carrying on,_ or managing a restaurant place, kitchen, meat market,
fruit store, vegetable store, delicatessen store, bakery store, street vendor's store, or any
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other place in which or where food is prepared, soldL or disposed of for human consumption,
to maintain, conduct, carry onL or manage said place or store, except in the manner provided
for in this Section 412.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, associationL or corporation to maintain,
conduct, carry onL or manage a restaurant place or kitchen where foodstuffs are cooked, or
prepared, sold or disposed ~:{for human consumption, unless the doors, windows, aperturesL or
other openings to the premises or place where said restactrant or kitchen is conducted, maintained,
carried on or managedfood preparation occurs are effectively enclosed with finely woven wire
mesh screens. Dining areas and bars are not required to be enclosed, provided that no food
preparation occurs there other than adding ingredients to a beverage or dispensing into a serving
container when the beverage is prepared for immediate service in response to an individual consumer
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SEC. 440.5. TOILET AND HANDWASHING FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED.
(a) Every food establishmentpermanent food facility, as defined in Section .Jl..Hj)J13849 of
the California Health and Safety Code, must provide toilet and handwashing facilities for use
by employees. Every such establishmerJt as to ~which construction or substantial reconstruction or
rehabilitation is commenced on or after September 1, 1986, selling food for the purpose &}immediate
corJsumption without the reasonable expectation affitrtherpreparation or additim1 to other foods, shall
make such toilet and handvvashingftwi!ities a-.,•ailablefor use bypatrons vvithout charge and. Every
permanent food facility shall provide clean toilet facilities in good repair (or consumers, guests, or
invitees ifthere is onsite consumption o((ood or ifthe permanent food facility was constructed after
July 1, 1984, and has more than 20,000 square feet o(floor space. In addition, such toilet facilities
shall comply with the Plumbing Code of the City and County of San Francisco.
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(b) Provisions &}this Section shall not apply to roadside stands, food establishments ',•;;hich
are open to outside air or businesses rvhich primarily sell at retail, meat, poultry and their by products.
(Q)
For purposes o[this Section 440.5, "onsite consumption o(food" means the
consumption offood, provided by a permanent food facility to patrons or guests, at or within the facility
or within an area operated or controlled by the facility. A permanent food facility that does not offer
onsite consumption offood may not have on its premises any dining tables, dining chairs, dining
counters, or dining standing-tables.
Section 4. The Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Sections 102, ~.
145.4, 186, 303.1, 703, 710,+44, 712,713,714,719,721,728,754,757,758,759,760,764,
780.3. and 781.9, to read as follows:
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.
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Amusement Game Arcade. A Retail Entertainment Arts and Recreation Use that provides eleven or
more amusement game devices such as video games, pinball machines, or other such similar
mechanical and electronic amusement devices, in a quantity ',vhich exceeds that specified in Section
1036.23 ofthe Police Code as an Ancillary [lse. },/echanical amusement devices areforther regulated
in Sections 1036 through 1036.24 ofthe Police Code.
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Arts Activities. A retail Entertainment, Arts and Recreation Use that includes performance,
exhibition (except exhibition of films), rehearsal, production, post-production and some
schools of any of the following: Dance, music, dramatic art, film, video, graphic art, painting,
drawing, sculpture, small-scale glassworks, ceramics, textiles, woodworking, photography,
custom-made jewelry or apparel, and other visual, performance,. and sound arts and craft. It
shall exclude accredited Schools and Post-Secondary Educational Institutions. It shall include
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commercial arts and art-related business service uses including, but not limited to, recording
and editing services, small-scale film and video developing and printing; titling; video and film
libraries; special effects production; fashion and photo stylists; production, sale,_ and rental of
theatrical wardrobes; and studio property production and rental companies. Arts spaces shall
include studios, workshops, archives,_ and theaters, and other similar spaces customarily used
principally for arts activities, exclusive of a Movie Theater, Amusement Game Arcade arcades that
provide eleven or more amusement game devices, Adult Business, and any other establishment
where liquor is customarily served during performances.
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Bar. A Retail Sales and Service Use that provides on-site alcoholic beverage sales for
drinking on the premises, including bars serving beer, wine,_ and/or liquor to the customer
where no person under 21 years of age is admitted (with Alcoholic Beverage Control [ABC]
license types 02, 23, 42, 48, or 61 )-aA-El-.1 drinking establishments serving beer where minors
are present (with ABC license types 40 or 60) in conjunction with other uses such as Movie
Theaters and General Entertainment. and bars serving wine operated by licensed
winearowers (with ABC license type 02). Such businesses shall operate with the specified
conditions in Section 202.2(a). A non-profit theater that provides on-site alcoholic beverage sales
only for consumption by ticket-holding patrons on the premises, with ABC license type 64, shall not be
considered a Bar use.
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Bona Fide Eating Place. A place that is regularly and in a bona fide manner used and kept
open for the service of meals to guests for compensation and that has suitable kitchen
facilities connected therewith, containing conveniences for cooking of an assortment of foods
that may be required for ordinary meals.
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(a) "Meals" shall mean an assortment of foods commonly ordered at various hours of the
day for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Incidental food service, comprised only of appetizers to
accompany drinks, is not considered a meal. Incidental, sporadic, or infrequent sales of meals
or a mere offering of meals without actual sales is not compliance.
(b) "Guests" shall mean persons who, during the hours when meals are regularly served
therein, come to a bona fide public eating place for the purpose of obtaining, and actually
order and obtain at such time, in good faith, a meal therein. Nothing in this section, however,
shall be construed to require that any food be sold or purchased with any beverage.
(c) Actual and substantial sales of meals are required, during the normal days and meal
hours that a bona fide public eating place is open, provided that "normal days of operation"
shall mean a minimum of five days a week and "normal hours" 'of operation for meal service
shall mean approximately 7:00a.m. to 11:00 a.m. if open for breakfast; 11:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m. if open for lunch; or 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. if open for dinner.
(d) The premises must be equipped and maintained in good faith. This means the
premises must possess working refrigeration and cooking devices, pots, pans, utensils, table
service, condiment dispensers, menus, signs, and enough goods to make substantial meals.
The premises must comply with all regulations of the Department of Public Health.
(e) A minimum of 51 percent of the restaurant's gross receipts shall be from food sales
prepared and sold to guests on the premises. Records of the restaurant's gross receipts shall
be provided to the Department upon request.
(f) A "bona fide eating place" does not include an Adult Business as defined in this Section
of the Code.
(g) Paragraphs (c) and (e) above do not applv to For a place that has also established a
Nighttime Entertainment Use and that only provides on-site alcoholic beverage sales for
consumption by ticket-holding patrons on the premises during the normal hours of operation
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of entertainment activities •. paragraphs (c) and (e) do not apply. but actual and
substantial sales of meals are required during the normal hours of operation. For
purposes of this paragraph. the "normal hours of operation" shall include two hours prior to.
and one hour after. entertainment activities. but may not exceed eight total hours in a calendar
day. This paragraph (g) does not apply to a place located in the Broadway
Neighborhood Commercial District. North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District,
Pacific Avenue Neighborhood Commercial District, or Polk Street Neighborhood
Commercial District.
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Entertainment, General. A Retail Entertainment, Arts and Recreation Use that provides
entertainment or leisure pursuits to the general public including dramatic and musical
performances where alcohol is not served during performances, arcades that provide eleven or
more amusement game devices (such as video games, pinball machines, or other such similar
mechanical and electronic amusement devices), billiard halls, bowling alleys, skating rinks, and
mini-golf, when conducted within a completely enclosed building, and which is adequately
soundproofed or insulated so as to confine incidental noise to the premises. Mechanical
amusement devices are fitrther regulated in Sections 1036 through 1036.24 o(the Police Code.
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Entertainment, Arts and Recreation Use. A Use Category that includes Amusement Game
Arcade, Arts Activities, General Entertainment, Livery Stables, Movie Theater, Nighttime
Entertainment, Open Recreation Area, Outdoor Entertainment, Passive Outdoor Recreation
and Sports Stadiums. Adult Business is not included in this definition, except for the purposes
of Development Impact Fee Calculation as described in Article 4.
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Restaurant. A Retail Sales and Service use that serves prepared, ready-to-eat cooked foods
to customers for consumption on the premises and which has seating. As a minor and
incidental use, it may serve such foods to customers for off-site consumption. It may provide
on-site beer, wine, and/or liquor sales for drinking on the premises (with ABC license types Q2
21,_ 41, 47, 49, 59, & 75 or 87); however, if it does so, it shall be required to operate as a
Bona Fide Eating Place. It is distinct and separate from a Limited-Restaurant. Such
businesses shall operate with the specified conditions in Section 202.2(a)(1 ). It shall not be
required to operate within an enclosed building so long as it is also a Mobile Food Facility. A
business that is both a Restaurant use and a Nighttime Entertainment use shall not be
required to operate as a Bona Fide Eating Place. Any associated outdoor seating and/or
dining area is subject to regulation as an Outdoor Activity Area as set forth elsewhere in this
Code.
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SEC. 145.4. REQUIRED GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL USES.
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Reference for Commercial,
Reference for Mixed Use
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SEC. 186. EXEMPTION OF LIMITED COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
NONCONFORMING USES IN RH, RM, RTO, AND RED DISTRICTS.
The purpose of this Section 186 is to provide for the further continuance in RH, RM,
RTO, and RED Districts of nonconforming uses of a limited commercial and industrial
character, as herein described, which are beneficial to, or can be accommodated within, the
residential areas in which they are located. It is hereby found and declared that, despite the
general incompatibility of nonconforming uses with the purposes of this Code, and with other
nearby uses, these limited commercial uses may be tolerated in residential areas, and tend to
provide convenience goods and services on a retail basis to meet the frequent and recurring
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needs of neighborhood residents within a short distance of their homes or, within the South of
Market RED Districts, tend to provide jobs and continuation of small scale service and light
industrial activities. These uses tend to be small in scale, to serve primarily a walk-in trade,
and cause a minimum of interference with nearby streets and properties. Accordingly, this
Section recognizes the public advantages of these uses and establishes conditions for their
continued operation.
(a) Exemption from Termination Provisions. The following nonconforming uses in R
Districts shall be exempt from the termination provisions of Section 185, provided such uses
comply with all the conditions specified in subsection (b) below:
(1) Any nonconforming use at any Story in an RTO, RH,_ or RM District which is located
more than one-quarter of one mile300 feet one fourth mile from the nearest Named
Neighborhood Commercial District or Restricted Use Subdistrict described in Article 7 of this
Code or any of the Restricted Use Subdistricts specified in subsection (3) below, and
which complies with the use limitations specified for the First Story and below of an NC-1
District, as set forth in Section 710 of this Code.
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(2) Any nonconforming use in an RTO, RH,_ or RM District which is located within one-
quarter of one mile300 feet one fourth mile from any Individual Area Neighborhood
Commercial District or restricted use subdistrict or any of the Restricted Use Subdistricts
specified in subsection (3) below and which complies with the most restrictive use
limitations specified for the First Story and below of:
(A) an NC-1 District, as set forth in Section 710 of this Code; Bf
(B) aRy the nearest Named Neighborhood Commercial District within one-quarter of
one mile300 feet one fourth mile of the use, as set forth in Sections 714 through 748 and 753
through 764 of this Code;'-;-: or
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(C) Any Restricted Use Subdistrict witl1in mw fourth mile o.fthe use, as set forth in Sections 781
through 781. 7 of this Code.
(C) Any of the specified Restricted Use Subdistricts specified in subsection (3)
below.
(3) Subsections (a)(1) and (aH2l above apply to the following Restricted Use
Subdistricts: the Geary Boulevard Formula Retail Pet Supply Store and Formula Retail
Eating and Drinking Subdistrict set forth in Section 781.4 of this Code; the North Beach
Financial Service. Limited Financial Service. and Business or Professional Service
Subdistrict set forth in Section 781.6 of this Code; the Lower Polk Street Alcohol
Restricted Use District set forth in Section 788 of this Code; and the Third Street
Formula Retail Restricted Use District set forth in Section 786 of this Code; and the
Mission Street Formula Retail Restaurant Subdistrict as set forth in Section 781.5 of
this Code.
(~) In the RE81.5Districts, any nonconforming use which is a personal service use
falling within zoning category 816.31; home and business service use falling within zoning
categories 816.42 through 816.47; live/work unit falling within zoning category 816.55;
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wholesale sales, storage,_ or light manufacturing uses falling within zoning categories 816.64
through 816.67.
(b) Conditions on Limited Nonconforming Uses. The limited nonconforming uses
described above shall meet the following conditions:
(1) The building shall be maintained in a sound and attractive condition, consistent with
the general appearance of the neighborhood;
(2) Any signs on the property shall be made to comply with the requirements of Section
606(c) of this Code for Limited Commercial uses;
(3) The hours during which the use is open to the public shall be limited to the period
between 6:00a.m. and 10:00 p.m.;
(4) Public sidewalk space may be occupied in connection with the use provided that it is
tmly-occupied only with tables and chairs as permitted by this Municipal Code;
(5) Truck loading shall be limited in such a way as to avoid undue interference with
sidewalks, or with crosswalks, bus stops, hydrants,_ and other public features;
(6) Noise, odors,_ and other nuisance factors shall be adequately controlled; and
(7) All other applicable provisions of this Code shall be complied with.
(c) Formula Retail Uses. All uses meeting the definition of "formula retail" use per Section
303.1 shall not be permitted except by conditional use authorization under the procedures of
Section 303 of this Code.
(d) Street Frontage. In addition to the requirements of Section 144 of this Code, the
requirements of Section 145.1 (c)(6) and (7) shall apply.
(e) Awnings. Awnings are permitted, subject to the standards in Section 136.1 (a) of this
Code. Canopies and marquees are not permitted.
(f) Termination. Any use affected by this Section 186 which does not comply with all of the
conditions herein specified shall be subject to termination in accordance with Section 185 at
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the expiration of the period specified in that Section, but shall be qualified for consideration as
a conditional use under Section 185( e). Any such use which is in compliance with such
conditions at the expiration of such period but fails to comply therewith at any later date shall
be subject to termination when it ceases to comply with any of such conditions.
(g) Reactivation. Limited commercial uses in RH, RM, RTO, and RED Districts that have
been discontinued or abandoned, as defined in Section 183, may be reactivated with
conditional use authorization under Section 303. In approving such a use and in addition to
the findings required by Section 303, the Planning Commission shall find that:
(1) the subject space is located on or below the ground floor and was in commercial or
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industrial use prior to January 1, 1960; and
(2) the proposed commercial use meets all the requirements of this &olection 186 and
other applicable sections of this Code.
(h) Other Applicable Provisions. The provisions for nonconforming uses contained in
Sections 180 through 183 shall continue to apply to all uses affected by this Section 186,
except that the cost limit for structural alterations contained in Section 181 (b )(4) shall not be
applicable thereto.
SEC. 303.1. FORMULA RET AIL USES.
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(c) "Retail Sales or Service Activity or Retail Sales or Service Establishment." For the
purposes of this Section 303.1, a retail sales or service activity or retail sales or service
establishment shall include the following uses whether functioning as a Principal or Accessory
Use, as defined in Articles 1, 2, 7, and 8 of this Code:
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SEC. 703. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS.
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(d) Accessory Uses. Subject to the limitations set forth below and in Sections 204.1
(Accessory Uses for Dwellings in All Districts), 204.4 (Dwelling Units Accessory to Other
Uses), and 204.5 (Parking and Loading as Accessory Uses) of this Code, Accessory Uses as
defined in Section 102 shall be permitted when located on the same lot. Any Use that does
not qualify as an Accessory Use shall be classified as a Principal or Conditional Use unless it
qualifies as a temporary use under Sections 205 through 205.4 of this Code.
No Use will be considered accessory to a permitted Principal or Conditional Use that
involves or requires any of the following:
(1) The use of more than one-third of the total floor area occupied by such use and the
Principal or Conditional use to which it is accessory, except in the case of accessory off-street
parking and loading and as specified in subsection (d)(3) below as accessory wholesaling,
manufacturing, or processing of foods, goods, or commoditiest.
(2) Any Bar or Restaurant, or any othez:: retail establishment which serves liquor for
consumption on-site; however, this shall not prohibit take-out food activity which operates in
conjunction with a Limited Restaurant, Restaurant, General Grocery, and Specialty Grocery,:.
This shall also not prohibit a Limited Restaurant as an Accessory Use to a permitted Principal or
Conditional Use except as specified in subsection (d)(7) below;
(3) The wholesaling, manufacturing, or processing of foods, goods, or commodities on
the premises of an establishment that does not also use or provide for retail sale of such
foods, goods, or commodities at the same location where such wholesaling, manufacturing, or
processing takes place, with the following exceptions:
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(A) In the North Beach Special Use District where such activities are limited to 15% of
the total floor area occupied by the Principal or Conditional Use to which it is accessory unless
the Principal or Conditional Use is Specialty Foods Manufacturing as defined in Section 780.3
of this Code; and
(B) Notwithstanding the floor area limitation in subsection (d)(1 ), a Catering Use limited
to food and beverage Catering shall be permitted as an Accessory Use to Limited Restaurants
if the following requirements are met:
(i) The Catering Use does not operate more than 75% of the total time within the
Limited Restaurant's Hours of Operation on any given day; and
(ii) The Catering Use does not distribute or deliver individual meals to customers
directly from the subject lot, either by its own means, or through a third-party delivery service.
(4) Any retail Liquor Store.
(5) Medical Cannabis Dispensaries.
(6) Any General Entertainment or Nighttime Entertainment use, except for one that
involves a Limited Live Performance Permit as set forth in Police Code Section 1 060 et seq.
(7) Within the North Beach SUD and NCO, a Limited Restaurant.
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SEC.710. NC-1-NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CLUSTER DISTRICT.
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Table 710. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CLUSTER DISTRICT NC-1
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
Neighborhood Commercial Cluster
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Zoning Category
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Controls
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(1) Additional 5 feet for NC-1 parcels with a Commercial use on the ground floor within the
following areas:
(a) Within the boundaries of Sargent Street to Orizaba Avenue to Lobos Street to
Plymouth Avenue to Farellones Street to San Jose Avenue to Alemany Boulevard to 19th
Avenue to Randolph Street to Monticello Street and back to Sargent Street.
(b) On Noriega, Irving, Taraval,_ and Judah Streets west of 19th Avenue.
(2) P if located more than one quarter of one mile from the Inner Clement Street
Commercial District, the Outer Clement Street Commercial District, the Geary
Boulevard Formula Retail Pet Supply Store and Formula Retail Eating and Drinking
Subdistrict. the Noriega Street Neighborhood Commercial District. the Irving Street
Neighborhood Commercial District. the Judah Street Neighborhood Commercial
District. the Taraval Street Neighborhood Commercial District. the Broadway
Neighborhood Commercial District, the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial
District. the Pacific Avenue Neighborhood Commercial District, the Polk Street
Neighborhood Commercial District,
the North Beach Financial Service, Limited Financial Service, and Business or
Professional Service Subdistrict, the Lower Polk Street Alcohol Restricted Use
District, the 24th Street- Noe Valley Neighborhood Commercial District, the Third
Street Formula Retail Restricted Use District, and Mission Street Neighborhood
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Commercial Transit District, and the Mission Street Formula Retail Restaurant
Subdistrict; otherwise. same as more restrictive control within that Named
Neighborhood Commercial District or Restricted Use Subdistrict. P if located more
than )~mile 300 feet from any other NC District or Restricted Use Subdistrict with more
restrictive controls; otherwise, same as more restrictive control.
(3) TARA VAL STREET RESTAURANT SUBDISTRICT. Applicable only for the Taraval
Street NC-1 District between 40th and 41st Avenues and between 45th and 47th Avenues
as mapped on Sectional Maps 5 SU and 6 SU. Within the Taraval Street Restaurant
Subdistrict. Rrestaurants and Limited Restaurants are C; Formula Retail Restaurants
and Formula Retail Limitedlmited Restaurants are NP; Formula Retail Restaurants
and Formula Retail Limited Restaurants are NP if located within one quarter of one
mile from the Taraval Street Restaurant Subdistrict.
* * * *
(9) C within that portion of the City and County bounded as follows: commencing at the
intersection of Arguello Boulevard and Frederick Street. then proceeding southerly along
Arguello Boulevard to Carl Street. then proceeding easterly along Carl Street to Hillway
Avenue, then proceeding southerly along Hillway Avenue to Parnassus Avenue, then
proceeding easterly along Parnassus Avenue to Clayton Street then proceeding northerly
along Clayton Street to Frederick Street. then proceeding easterly along Frederick Street
to Buena Vista Avenue West. then proceeding generally northerly along Buena Vista
Avenue West to Haight Street. then proceeding easterly along Haight Street to Baker
Street. then proceeding northerly along Baker Street to Oak Street. then proceeding
westerly along Oak Street to Stanyan Street, then proceeding southerly along Stanyan
Street to Frederick Street, then proceeding westerly along Frederick Street to the point of
commencement.
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SEC. 712. NC-3- MODERATE-SCALE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
* * * *
Table 712. MODERATE-SCALE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT NC-3
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
* * * *
Zoning Category
§ References
Controls
* * * *
* * * *
Amusement Game Arcade
Entertainment, General
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NP
* * * *
SEC. 713. NC-S- NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT.
* * * *
Table 713. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT NC-S
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
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Zoning Category
§ References
Controls
* * * *
* * * *
Amusement Game Arcade
Entertainment, General
§ 102
P(1)
P(1)
NP
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SEC. 714. BROADWAY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
* * * *
Table 714. BROADWAY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
* * * *
Zoning Category
* * * *
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SEC. 719. HAIGHT STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
* * * *
NJ2.
NP
Table 719. HAIGHT STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
* * * *
Zoning Category
§ References
Controls
* * * *
Entertainment, Arts, and Recreation Use Category
* * * *
AmHsement Gttme Arettde
Entertainment, General
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NP
NP
* * * *
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(8) Wit:hin the Haight Street 1'/eighborhood Commet"eittl Distt"ict, tlztttpol"tion o.fttn Geneml
Entel"minment use compt"ised &jmeclwniettl ttmttsement gttme devices ',viZ! be considei"etf ttn
Amusement Gmne At"cttde Use, fat" the pHrposes afthe Plttnning Code.
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(8) Within the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District. a General Entertainment use
comprised of mechanical amusement game devices is principally permitted on the first storv.
* * * *
SEC. 721. JAPANTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
* * * *
* * * *
* * * *
Table 721. JAPANTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
Amusement Game Arcade
Entertainment, General
§ 102
P(2)
P(2)
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SEC. 728. 24TH STREET-NOE VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
* * * *
Table 728. 24TH STREET-NOE VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
Zoning Category
* * * *
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24TH STREET-NOE VALLEY
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
DISTRICT NCT
Controls
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(4) 24TH STREET- NOE VALLEY SPECIALTY RETAIL USES
Boundaries: Only the area within the 24th Street- Noe Valley Neighborhood Commercial
District. The controls shall not apply to NC-1 Districts within 300 feet or nonconforming uses
within% mile 300 feet one quarter of one mile of this District as set forth in Code§§ 71 Od:-9
and 186.
Controls: Formula Retail Limited-Restaurants are NP.
* * * *
SEC. 754. MISSION STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TRANSIT DISTRICT.
* * * *
Table 754. MISSION STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TRANSIT DISTRICT
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
* * * *
Entertainment, Arts, and Recreation Use Category
* * * *
Amusement Game Arcade
Arts Activities
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P(4)
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SEC. 759. DIVISADERO STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TRANSIT DISTRICT.
* * * *
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Table 759. DIVISADERO STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TRANSIT DISTRICT
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
* * * *
* * * *
Amusement Game Arcade
Entertainment, General
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P(2)
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SEC. 760. FILLMORE STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TRANSIT DISTRICT.
* * * *
Table 760. FILLMORE STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TRANSIT DISTRICT
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
* * * *
* * * *
Amusement Game Arcade
Entertainment, General
* * * *
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SEC. 764. UPPER MARKET STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TRANSIT
DISTRICT.
* * * *
Table 764. UPPER MARKET STREET NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TRANSIT
DISTRICT
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
* * * *
Zoning Category
~References
Controls
NON-RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND USES
* * * *
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NP
* * * *
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(8) \f\Jithin the Upper Market Neighborhood Commercial Transit District, up to four mechanical
amusement devices are considered an accessory use end up to ten meeheniml mnusement
de'v'iees rvill be eonsidered en Amusement Geme A;:-mde use.
SEC. 780.3. NORTH BEACH SPECIAL USE DISTRICT.
* * * *
(c) Controls. The following provisions shall apply within such District:
(1) Restaurants, Limited Restaurants, and Bars. Restaurant, Limited Restaurant, and
Bar uses may be permitted as a Conditional Use on the First Story through the procedures set
forth in Section 303 only if the Zoning Administrator first determines that the proposed new
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Restaurant, Limited Restaurant, or Bar would occupy a space that is currently or was last
legally occupied by one of the uses described below; provided that its last use has not been
discontinued or abandoned pursuant to Sections 186.1 (d) or 178(d) of this Code and that the
proposed new use will not enlarge the space; and provided further that no Conditional Use
shall be required if the use remains the same as the prior authorized use, with no enlargement
or intensification of use that the following shall apply;2
(A) A Bar may occupy a space that is currently or last legally occupied by a Bar;
(B) A Restaurant may occupy a space that is currently or was last legally occupied by a
Restaurant or Bar; and
(C) A Limited Restaurant may occupy a space that is currently or was last legally
occupied by a Limited Restaurant, Restaurant or Bar.
(D) Except as provided herein, no other use shall be allowed to convert to a Limited
Restaurant, Restaurant or Bar.
(2) Alcohol Licenses. A Restaurant may provide on-site beer, wine, and/or liquor sales
for drinking on the premises (with ABC license types 02. 23, 41, 47, 49,59 or 75) as a
Conditional Use on the First Story if, in addition to the criteria set forth in Section 303, the
Planning Commission finds, based on information submitted to the Department by the
applicant, that the Restaurant is and will continue to operate as a Bona-Fide Eating Place as
defined in Section 1 02. Should a Restaurant fail to operate as a Bona-Fide Eating Place for
any length of time, the Conditional Use authorization shall be subject to immediate revocation
per Planning Code Section 303(f). To verify that the Restaurant is continuing to operate as a
Bona-Fide Eating Place, records of the Restaurant's gross receipts, showing that a minimum
of 51% of its gross receipts within the last year preceding the Department's request is from
food sales prepared and sold to guests on the premises, shall be provided to the Department
upon request. All records and information shall be submitted to the Department under penalty
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of perjury.
* * * *
SEC. 781.9. HAIGHT STREET ALCOHOL RESTRICTED USE SUBDISTRICT.
* * * *
(b) Boundaries. The Haight Street Alcohol Restricted Use Subdistrict (Haight Street Alcohol
RUSD) is coterminous with the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District as
designated on Sectional Maps ZN06 and ZN0?--7.-The Haight Street Alcohol RUSD is
designated on Sectional Maps SU06 and SUO?. These controls shall also apply 1vitltin % mile of
the Haight Street Alcohol RUSD to nonconforming Commercial Uses in R Districts pursuant to Section
186 and in ]'lC 1 Districts pursuant to Section 710 ofthis Code.
* * * *
Section 5. /\mondmont of Specific Zoning Control Tables. Zoning Control Tables 712,
713,714,715,716,717,718,719,720,721,722,723,725,726,729,730,731,732,733,
734, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, and 764 are hereby
amended identically to tho amendment of Zoning Control Table 711 in Section 4 of this
ordinance, to provide in tho "Controls" column that an Outdoor Activity /\rea is P if located in
front of building or if operated bot'.veon 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.; C if located olso\vhoro and if
operated between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Section~@. Article 15.1 of tho Police Code is hereby amended by revising Sections
1 060 and 1060.2 to road as follows:
SEC. 1060. DEFINITIONS.
For tho purposes of this Article 15.1, unless otherwise provided in this Article, tho
following words and phrases shall moan:
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Limited Live Performance Locale." A locale with all the following features:
(a) The presentation of Live Performances is a secondary purpose of the locale
rather than its primary purpose.
(b) The locale is indoors, or consists of an outdoor plaza, courtyard, or similar
space, enclosed by surrounding buildings, with or without open means of public ingress and
egress, with an area in which Live Performances are presented that is no greater than 200
square feet. For purposes of this provision, "outdoor plaza, courtyard, or similar space" also
shall include, regardless of the square footage of the Live Performance area, (1) any Plaza as
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identified in Administrative Code Chapter 94 or (2) any People Place as identified in
Administrative Code Chapter 94A.
(c) Live Performances presented at the locale conclude by 10 p.m., except as
otherwise provided in Section 1 060.38.1.
(d) The locale is not a Private Residence.
(e) Patrons or members are admitted to the locale, which serves food, beverages,
or food and beverages, inchtding but not limited to alcoholic beverages, for consumption on the
premises, except this requirement shall not apply to a Plaza as identified in Administrative
Code Chapter 94 or a People Place as identified in Administrative Code Chapter 94A.
* * * *
SEC. 1060.2. FILING APPLICATION AND NOTICE TO OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR
PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT.
(a)
Every Person seeking a Place of Entertainment permit or an amendment to a
permit shall file an application with the Entertainment Commission upon a form provided by
the Entertainment Commission and shall pay a filing fee as provided in Section 2.26 of this
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Code.
(b)
The Director shall send the application to the fOllowing departments, which &tn
Francisco Police Department, :l1'ire Department, Department o.fBuilding Inspection, Department of
Public Health, andPlarmingDepartment. Those departments shall complete all necessary
inspections or approvals and shall endeavor to report their determinations to the Entertainment
Commission within 20 City business days of receiving the application:
(I) The Police Department,·
(2) The Planning Department,·
(3) The Department of Building Inspection, except that this subsection CQ) (3) shall not
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apply if the Person provides evidence o[the completion o[a final inspection for an issued building
permit for the premises, as required by Chapter 1A o[the San Francisco Building Code, i[the
inspection was completed in the 12 months before the date ofthe Person's application [or a Place of
Entertainment Permit,·
(4) The Department o[Public Health, except that this subsection @){4) shall not apply
ifthe Person provides evidence o[a permit to operate a food preparation and service establishment on
the premises, as required by Article 8 o[the Health Code, current as ofthe date o[the Person's
application [or a Place o[Entertainment Permit; and
(5) The Fire Department, except that this subsection @)(5) shall not apply ifthe Person
provides evidence o[a place o[assembly permit [or the premises, as required by Chapter 1 o[the San
Francisco Fire Code, current as of the date o[the Person's application [or a Place o[Entertainment
Permit.
Section 6. Changes to Ordinance. When originally introduced. this ordinance
included proposed changes to Planning Code Section 145.2 to modify when a Commercial
Use of an Outdoor Activity Area would be principally permitted. and also included proposed
changes to the zoning control tables in Planning Code Sections 710. 711. 728. 757. and 758.
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to correspond to the proposed change to Section 145.2. At its meeting on June 24. 2019. the
Land Use and Transportation Committee amended the ordinance to remove the proposed
changes to Planning Code Section 145.2, and also to remove the corresponding proposed
changes to the zoning control tables in Sections 710, 711, 728, 757, and 758. Accordingly,
this ordinance no longer contains any amendment of Section 145.2, or any amendment of the
zoning control tables in Sections 711, 757, and 758, and the amendments of the zoning
control tables in Sections 710 and 728 contain no reference relating to Outdoor Activity Areas.
Section 7. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after
enactment. Enactment occurs when the Mayor signs the ordinance, the Mayor returns the
ordinance unsigned or does not sign the ordinance within ten days of receiving it, or the Board
of Supervisors overrides the Mayor's veto of the ordinance.
Section 8. Scope of Ordinance. With the exception of the amendments to Zoning
Control Tables in Section 5 of this ordinance, in enacting this ordinance, the Board of
Supervisors intends to amend only those words, phrases, paragraphs, subsections, sections,
articles, numbers, punctuation marks, charts, diagrams, or any other constituent parts of the
Municipal Code that are explicitly shown in this ordinance as additions, deletions, Board
amendment additions, and Board amendment deletions in accordance with the "Note" that
appears under the official title of the ordinance.
Section 9. Undertaking for the General Welfare. In enacting and implementing this
ordinance, the City is assuming an undertaking only to promote the general welfare. It is not
assuming, nor is it imposing on its officers and employees, an obligation for breach of which it is
liable in money damages to any person who claims that such breach proximately caused injury.
Ill
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Section 10. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of
this ordinance, or any application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions or applications of the ordinance. The Board of Supervisors
hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each and every section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, and word not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to
whether any other portion of this ordinance or application thereof would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DENNIS J. HERRERA, City Attorney
By: ll' K<H~e:L--
Deputy City Attorney
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City and County of San Francisco
Tails
Ordinance
City Hall
I Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
File Number:
181211
Date Passed: September 03, 2019
Ordinance to streamline small business permitting by, among other things, amending the Health
Code to align regulation of restaurant enclosures for outdoor food service and restroom
requirements with state standards; amending the Planning Code to clarify that Type 2 (winegrower)
and Type 23 (small beer manufacturer) liquor licenses may be used in conjunction with a Bar or
Restaurant use, to amend the definition of a Bar to provide for consistent treatment of Type 64 liquor
licenses, to modify Nighttime Entertainment use food service requirements, to reduce the distance
measured for Retail Sales and Services uses in Neighborhood Commercial zoning districts to certain
neighborhood commercial districts, to amend the use limitation provisions for nonconforming uses in
RH (Residential, House), RM (Residential Mixed), and RTO (Residential, Transit-Oriented) districts
to certain neighborhood commercial districts, to amend the definition of General Entertainment to
include Amusement Game Arcade, to allow mechanical amusement games as a principally
permitted use on the first story in the Haight Street Neighborhood Commercial District, to allow
General Entertainment uses on higher floors in the Japantown Neighborhood Commercial District, to
allow Limited Restaurant use as an Accessory Use, and to revise the Upper Market Neighborhood
Commercial Transit (NCT) District to allow General Entertainment as a principal use on the first and
second stories; amending the Police Code to eliminate certain duplicative inspections and signoffs in
connection with Place of Entertainment permits, and amending the definition of Limited Live
Performance Locale to remove the requirement for food and beverage service; affirming the
Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making
findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code,
Section 101.1, and public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings pursuant to Planning Code,
Section 302.
April 01, 2019 Land Use and Transportation Committee- CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE
CHAIR
June 17, 2019 Land Use and Transportation Committee- CONTINUED
June 24, 2019 Land Use and Transportation Committee- AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT
OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
June 24, 2019 Land Use and Transportation Committee- CONTINUED AS AMENDED
July 08, 2019 Land Use and Transportation Committee- CONTINUED
July 22, 2019 Land Use and Transportation Committee- REFERRED WITHOUT
RECOMMENDATION
July 30, 2019 Board of Supervisors- AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE
BEARING NEW TITLE
City and County of San Francisco
Ayes: 11 -Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani,
Walton and Yee
Pagel
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July 30, 2019 Board of Supervisors- PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED
Ayes: 11 -Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani,
Walton and Yee
September 03, 2019 Board of Supervisors-FINALLY PASSED
Ayes: 11 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani,
Walton and Yee
File No. 181211
London N. Breed
Mayor
City and County of San Francisco
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I hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was FINALLY PASSED on
9/3/2019 by the Board of Supervisors of the
City and County of San Francisco.
1~;;-lj
Date Approved
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