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Commission approves Page Street Fit amplified-sound permit after hours‑long testimony from neighbors and members
Summary
After hours of community testimony for and against, the Entertainment Commission on June 4 approved Page Street Fit’s extended-duration amplified-sound permit for classes hosted at a church parking lot, with staff conditions limiting volume and requiring compliance with inspector-set sound thresholds.
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission voted June 4 to approve an extended-duration amplified-sound request from Page Street Fit, a neighborhood fitness group seeking to play a single Bluetooth speaker during weekday evening and Saturday classes at the rear parking lot of Antioch Baptist Church.
Staff described outreach to 88 nearby addresses and said the file includes 38 letters of support and 15 letters of opposition concentrated at the Broderick Place condominium (350 Broderick). Owners Aaron Wong and David Yocom told the commission the group has run hundreds of workouts across the city, that music is a modest Bluetooth setup aimed away from residents, and that they had not received any 311 complaints during recent operation in the location.
Public comment included multiple residents of Broderick Place who described their building as an echo chamber and said amplified music, clanking equipment and class noise have impaired sleep and indoor life. One resident said the scale of the request (hours and days covered by the permit) exceeded the actual use and worried a year‑long permit could formalize broader activity. Supporters — many Page Street Fit members and nearby neighbors — described community-building effects and said music has been moderate and crucial to the group’s energy.
Commissioners emphasized the board’s limited jurisdiction: the commission conditions the sound level, enforces the good neighbor policy, and relies on inspectors to measure compliance. A motion to approve the permit with staff recommendations passed unanimously (ayes recorded for President Blyman, Vice President Wang, Commissioner Davis and Commissioner Schlander).
Staff said the permit will be conditioned so that amplified music “shall not exceed ambient sound at a distance of 50 feet from the property plane” and that inspectors would set an internal sound limit after testing. Commissioners also encouraged ongoing communication between the operator and Broderick Place residents; staff noted one thread of direct correspondence and said the parties had exchanged proposed compromises but had not finalized them.
The approval permits Page Street Fit to continue modest amplified music during described class hours under the commission’s sound limits and reporting procedures; staff will take complaints and inspect on verified reports of noncompliance.
