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Commission hears months of neighborhood noise complaints at Halcyon; action tabled pending operator's roadmap
Summary
The Entertainment Commission held a prolonged hearing on noise and after‑hours operations at Halcyon, heard technical reports and neighbor testimony, and voted to table formal sanctions while ordering the operator to submit a roadmap for additional soundproofing and interim measures. Staff recorded a measurement above the agreed 110 dB dance‑floor limit.
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission spent the bulk of its March 7 meeting on a contested review of Halcyon's place‑of‑entertainment and extended‑hours permits after repeated neighborhood complaints.
Deputy Director Weiland and Inspector Sean Burke presented the enforcement timeline: the commission's inspectors have issued multiple administrative citations for internal sound‑limit violations and attempted administrative resolution without success. Staff and the operator had previously agreed informally that a 110 dB reading at the center of Halcyon's dance floor would put the venue within the legal threshold (8 dB above ambient) but Burke reported a subsequent measurement of 114.5 dB from the dance floor, which exceeds that agreed‑upon operating limit.
Owner Gina Milano…
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