(Photo courtesy of San Francisco Department of Building Inspection)

An ordinance that requires commercial property owners in San Francisco to register and pay annual fees for having vacant storefronts took effect April 22, according to the office of city Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer.

The ordinance, authored by Fewer, aims to restore life to neighborhood corridors by mandating that property owners of ground-floor storefronts register the property within 30 days of becoming vacant and pay
an annual fee of $711.

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