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Article 7 — NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS›SEC. 703. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS.

San Francisco Planning Code § 703.4 Conditional Use Authorization for Formula Retail Uses

San Francisco Planning Code · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-23 · San Francisco

Cite as: San Francisco Planning Code § 703.4 · Text as of 2026-09-23

(See Interpretations related to this Section.)

(a) This Section 703.4 shall be known as the Small Business Protection Act.

(b) Except for those zoning districts where Formula Retail uses are not permitted as set forth in Section 303.1(f), establishment of a Formula Retail use, as defined in Section 303.1, in any Neighborhood Commercial District, as

identified in Article 7, shall require Conditional Use authorization pursuant to the criteria of Sections 303(c) and 303.1 and be subject to the terms of Sections 303.1(g) and (h).

(c) Nothing herein shall preclude the Board of Supervisors from adopting more restrictive provisions for Conditional Use authorization of Formula Retail use or prohibiting Formula Retail use in any Neighborhood Commercial District. (Added by Proposition G, 11/7/2006; amended by Ord. 235-14 , File No. 140844, App. 11/26/2014, Eff. 12/26/2014; Ord. 129-17, File No. 170203, App. 6/30/2017, Eff. 7/30/2017)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Division (b) amended; Ord. 235-14 , Eff. 12/26/2014. Section amended; Ord. 129-17, Eff. 7/30/2017.

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