Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Noise Permitting topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Commission approves Hotel Via rooftop permit with four conditions
Summary
The Entertainment Commission granted a limited live performance permit to Hotel Via (128 King St.) with selected staff/police conditions retained — including sound mitigation, police volume-control compliance, responsibility for outside promoters, and notification to police and commission for special events.
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission voted unanimously on Feb. 5 to grant a limited live performance permit (LLP) to Hotel Via at 128 King Street, allowing ticketed indoor and rooftop events with conditions focused on sound mitigation, police cooperation and event notification.
Barbara Perzigian, Hotel Via—s general manager, described the hotel—s approach to neighborhood outreach, ticketed events and rooftop programming designed to avoid conflicts with ballpark events. "We are always sensitive to our neighbors," Perzigian said, noting that rooftop events are ticketed and the rooftop is primarily reserved for hotel guests and private events.
Sound consultant Jordan Roberts of Salter Associates presented a sound study that recommended maximum allowable levels to protect the nearest neighbors; Roberts summarized typical limits in the study as roughly 88 dB(C) and 87 dB(A) measured at 25 feet for louder event scenarios and described measurement methodology and ambient baselines used during evening hours.
Commissioners questioned speaker placement, contractor controls and who would enforce limiter settings; the applicant said a contracted sound engineer will have a meter and a limiter on site and that managers attend regularly. The commission retained four staff/police conditions (staff-referenced condition numbers 2, 5, 8 and 10 in the packet) addressing sound mitigation, compliance with police requests to reduce volume, permit-holder responsibility for outside promoters, and notification to the station and commission about special events.
Deputy Director Azavito directed the permit-holder to follow up with staff for next steps. Officers later raised discrepancies in the written security plan and the commission moved to continue the security-plan element for further vetting; that continuation is a separate follow-up action.
Next steps: Hotel Via must comply with retained conditions, follow up with staff on operational details, and complete any security-plan clarifications requested by officers.
