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The San Francisco Planning Commission will release new guidelines for the city's limits on allowing chain stores to move into neighborhoods in May. The adjustments appear to be a compromise between the two extreme ends of the formula retail spectrum. In a proposed ideal situation, the new format will keep rents low for small business owners and allow bigger chains to fill long-term vacancies. [The SF Chronicle]