From today’s Chronicle…

San Francisco’s North Beach, the city’s bohemian quarter, has said “no” to chain stores through zoning laws to preserve the quirky, colorful character found in its cafes, clothing shops, bookstores and nightclubs. Now, some merchants and the supervisor whose district includes North Beach are eyeing a new land-use restriction to block a real estate acquisition being considered by the Church of Scientology, whose religious marketing practices strike some as inconsistent with the neighborhood’s live-and-let-live ways.

…a deal with the church could be thwarted by legislation introduced this week by Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, who is seeking to restrict use of the building by religious institutions, among other groups, as a means of preserving the neighborhood’s character.

“This legislation is intended to ensure the existing types of uses that have been in the Colombo Building for 100 years,” he said. Peskin is planning another piece of legislation that would permanently designate the building off-limits to churches, among other institutions.

The address of the building is 1 Columbus, where North Beach and FiDi meet…

Move Underway To Stop Scientologists From Buying SF Building [NBC11.com]

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