Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Entertainment Commission reconditions Hue's permit, limits live entertainment to midnight

San Francisco Entertainment Commission · June 6, 2017
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

After sustained complaints from neighbors and the police department about fights, late-night noise and overserving at Hue (447 Broadway), the Entertainment Commission voted to recondition the venue's entertainment permit: live/amplified music must end by midnight, neighbors must be notified of a sound-attenuation plan, additional staff must be assigned to bottle-service areas, and the conditions will be reviewed in six months.

The San Francisco Entertainment Commission on June 6 reconditioned the place-of-entertainment permit for Hue (447 Broadway), voting to limit live or amplified music to midnight each night and to impose staffing and neighbor-notification requirements meant to reduce noise, disorder and public-safety impacts around the venue.

The action followed hours of testimony from San Francisco police, a city supervisor and dozens of neighbors and businesses who described repeated late-night fights, public-intoxication calls, and bass that neighbors said penetrated apartments. Captain Paul Yap of Central Station told commissioners that complaints and police records showed a ‘‘clear pattern of disturbances’’ tied to the club and asked the commission to consider time-based limits on amplified music to mitigate neighborhood impacts while keeping the venue in business.

Why it matters: Commissioners…

Already have an account? Log in

Subscribe to keep reading

Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.

  • Unlimited articles
  • AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
  • Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
  • Follow topics and more locations
  • 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
30-day money-back on paid plans