, buying a counter and going to the loeshgz 3 or 4 different day parts and spending time counting how many people walk across the front door. you get an idea of foot traffic and get a sense of, will i have the foot traffic to support my restaurant. >> tip 3, check the zoning requirements, can you have a restaurant here? what type of restaurant? take out? the city has many requirements. you don't want to get tide up in a conditional use or tied up in a neighborhood disagreement they are difficult to resolve. i want to mention while we are trying to check the zoning and planning about historic buildings. a special interest of mine. san francisco is filled with wonderful old buildings that add to the character of the city and many restaurants are put in older buildings. when you impact the older building people get very upset. we have alternatives in the california historical building code. and the california historical building code superseeds the regular building code. for example, you don't have to make the front door of the restaurant fully compliant with the ada or the california ti