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<br />SRE�fFIC TO CO�PE�1°EOUSES IN TFIE tdO�tiF4 �EA.Chi f�iElG!-lBOR#000� COR�A�ERCIAL �I�T�ICY
<br />' S@C. 722.I. NORTH BEA,CH NEIGHBORHOOD (C} Beverages served in disposable or non-disposable containers for
<br />GOiVIMERCIAL DISTRICT consumption on or off rhe premises,
<br />' North Beach's eating, drinlcing, and encertainmenc establishmenr"s remain open
<br />inco the evening to serve a much wider trade area and attrace many tourists.
<br />: The balance benveen neighborhood-serviag wnvenience scores and cirywide
<br />'- specialry businesses has shifted gradually, as some convenience stores 6ave been
<br />ieplaced by bakeries, ice cream parlors, a�d restaurancs, ..The Norxh Beach
<br />:Disuict controls are designed m ensure �he livabiliry and at[rac�iveness of North
<br />Beach ... Small-scale, neighborhood-serving businesses are strongly encoucaged.
<br />' SEG: 722. NOR'FH BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
<br />' AI$TRfCT ZONING CONTROL TABLE, SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
<br />'NOR!THE NORTH BEACH NEIG�iBORHOOD COMMERCiAL
<br />DIS'TRICT NOR'I'H BEACH SPECIALTY RETAIL USES
<br />Controts: Rerail coffee s�ores defcned p�rsuant ro Code § 790.142(n) (editor's
<br />note; see below] are no� permitted without conditional use authorizarion excep[
<br />`to the excent qualiEying as specialty grocery permicted pursuanc �o � 790.102(b)
<br />: jeditor's note: see belo4v]
<br />SEC:'790.102, SAiES AND SERVICES, OTHER RETAIL.
<br />A xetail use which provides goods and/or services buc is not lisced as a separate
<br />ianing cacegory in zoning category numbers .41 nc�ough .63 fisced in Article 7
<br />of this Code, including, but noc limired to, sale or piovision of the following
<br />;,; goods and services;
<br />:(b) Spec'sa[ty graceries such as cheese, confece'sons, coffee, meat, produce;
<br />(n) ,Retai[ coffee stores. As used herein, retail coffee s�ore means,
<br />;(1) A retail drinlcing use which provides ready-to-drink coffee a�d/or other
<br />nonafcoholic beverages for consumption on or off che premises, which
<br />may or may noc provide seating. Irs in�eiided design is no� to secve
<br />prepared ready-to-ea[ food Foi' consumpcion on or ofF the p3�emises,
<br />except where a conditional use'ss granred Eor an excepc'son in the Wes�
<br />Portal NCD pursuant co the "Specific Provissons for the West Portal
<br />District." Such use exhibirs tlze following characceristics:
<br />(A) Contains no more rhan 15 seats with no more than 400 square
<br />feet of floor area devoced to seating,
<br />(B) A limi�ed menu of Ueverages prepared on the premises and able
<br />to be quicicly prepared for consumpcion on oc off the premises,
<br />Arcata's lead. Still, there is some evidence that concern is
<br />growing about che effects of corporate retailing on Iocal
<br />economies. For example, in nearby blue-collae Eurelta, the
<br />counry seat and the largest city in Humboldt Counry, city
<br />leaders are deveEoping an ordinance that would require an
<br />economic impact rev'sew for aew retail escablishments of more
<br />thazi 4Q,000 squace £eec. Chris Kerrigan, a councilpersan elected
<br />shortfy aEtec Eurelca citizens defeaced a 1999 rezone action
<br />promoted by Wal-Iviart, says "We've spent millions and more
<br />than a decade trying co �urn our downtown aroimd. We need to
<br />protect that snvestment."
<br />$ut tlie cransferability oizoning protection fi•oni Main S�reec to
<br />rhe rest of Amer€ca remains problemati�. San Ftancisco's Jim Davis,
<br />cfzief pIauner in ehat ciry's neighbor600d planning uuit, says chat
<br />n�imeeous attempts to pass similar local business protecrian and
<br />anti-cox•porate laws in tlie progressivc Bayl�ea metropolis have
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<br />Instinice foG� Local SeIF Reliaoce (ILSR), tivww.ne«�rules.org
<br />Boulder Indepeoden[ Business Allia¢ice (B[.BA), �vwtiv.boulder-iba.org
<br />l�6aca I-lours Local Cturency, �vww.ithacahout:s.org
<br />Jo No�le, Associate Planner, Ciry of CaGs[oga, 1232 �Uas6ingron St.,
<br />Caliscoga, CA 94515
<br />il�Iichazl ldullen, atc;i>, 1'lannin� l'rogtams Vianagcr, Cicy oEArca�a
<br />CommLmity Devdopmenr Departmenc, 736 F Sneec,
<br />Arca[a, California 95521
<br />Jiin pa���s, City� ofS.ta Fr'ancisco Pl;tnning vepartmei�t,
<br />lCCO Mission Scree�, Saa Francisco, Catifornia 94103
<br />Sidnie Olson, ,�tcr, Seniur Plancter, Cicy of Eurcl<a Plannino ane�
<br />Developmnir I�epartmene, 531 K S�rccc, Eurcica, Californi:� 9550I
<br />(D) Severages are ordered and served at a customer service counter,
<br />(E) Beverages a�e paid for prior co consumption,
<br />(F} Public service area, including queuing areas and service counters,
<br />which counters are designed specifically for che sale and
<br />dis�ribution of beverages;
<br />{G) Beverage3 are available upon a short wairing time,
<br />(H) Equipmenc co prepare beverages for consumption,
<br />(I} Limiced amoun� oFnon-prepackaged food goods may be served,
<br />such as pastcies or similar goods,
<br />Q) No on-si[e food prepacation, and no equipment �o cook or reheac
<br />food or prepare meals orher than �hac connected to beverage
<br />pre�ara�ion, exceyt wheie a condicional use is granted for an
<br />exception in the West Portal NCD putsuant to the "SpeciFic
<br />Provisions For the Wesc Porra! District."
<br />(K) Coffee beans, tea, syrups, herbs and o[lier beverage-based produccs
<br />and equipment to make and! or reconstituea beverages or consume
<br />coffee, tea and/ or orher beverages may be soid.
<br />lt may include any use permitted for specia(ry grocery, as deFiied in Section
<br />79�.i02{b), but ifso, sucl� use shal[ noc include accessory take-ouc food
<br />activiry, as described in Section 703.2(b)(1)(C) of this Code, excep� co the
<br />extent permitted by this Subsection 790. ] 02(n). Ic is distinct and sepa[ace
<br />from a small self-service or large fasc-food restauranc, as defined in Section
<br />790.9U and 790.91 of this Code, or a full-service resGaurant as defined in
<br />Section 790.92 of chis Code,
<br />(2) k sliall be conduc�ed in accordance witki rhe following condixions:
<br />(A) All debris boxes sliall be Icep� in enclosed scruccures,
<br />(B) The operator shall be responsible for cleaning the sidewallc in
<br />front oFor abut�ing the building co maintain che sidewalk free of
<br />paper or ochei litter during its business hours, in accordance wich
<br />Article 1, Seccion 34 of rhe San Francisco Police Code,
<br />(C) Naise and odors shall be contained within the premises so as not
<br />co be a nuisance co nearby �esidenes or neighbors.
<br />failed. The strongest proteccions that San Francisco has 6een able to
<br />muster is a 1999 requirement for a canditional use permit process
<br />speciFic to coffeehouses in North Beach, a measure that appears to
<br />be targeting the Starbucks chain.
<br />If a trend exists, this creative foray into Iand-use rulemalcing
<br />may prove most successFu( in communities thac meec a unic�ue
<br />set of geographic and social criteria those that are celatively
<br />small in size with tourism-based. economies and progressive-
<br />thinkiag citizens, Regardless of the isolation oFthe formula
<br />business ordinance trend, communities with them are sho�ving
<br />how zoning powers cau address vexing prol�lems. Anti-formula
<br />towns have taken a gianr leap roward understanding urban Form
<br />by acicnowledging the corA•elation between the built
<br />environment—either on A�ain Streer or at town's edge—and the
<br />social and economic problems that manifest as a resulc of it. In
<br />so doing, formula business ordinances are more tlaan basic
<br />urban design protections. They protect community values.
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