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Commission approves yearlong permits for Bayview Opera House with sound and outreach conditions
Summary
The Commission approved loudspeaker and yard/parking permits for Bayview Opera House’s Mendel Plaza and yard, setting sound limits, a 10 p.m. amplification cutoff (with a once-per-month midnight allowance on notice), monthly event calendars to SFPD and the Commission, and restrictions on speaker orientation toward Newcomb Avenue.
The Entertainment Commission approved long-term amplified-sound and outdoor-use permits for the Bayview Opera House on April 19, 2016, while referring one related street-closure item to staff for administrative handling.
Barbara Okel and Bayview Opera House representatives asked for permits covering Mendel Plaza and the Opera House yard/parking area for the coming year to enable community activation while the building finishes renovations. Staff noted a DPW order (permit 5166) that gives the Opera House authority to activate Mendel Plaza and proposed conditions to limit neighborhood impacts.
The Commission set conditions that include decibel levels to be established by the Commission’s sound inspectors, amplified sound to end at 10:00 p.m. on Mendel Plaza (amplification not to start before 10:00 a.m.), a monthly calendar of events to be sent to SFPD and the Commission, and a prohibition on speakers facing Newcomb Avenue because of a nearby senior housing facility. The Commission also approved a one-time-per-month extension to midnight for yard events so long as Bayview notifies SFPD in advance. Staff and police said they will monitor complaints and enforcement tools include citations; the Commission noted it currently lacks a formal revocation process for loudspeaker permits.
Bayview Opera House said most Mendel Plaza events run from about 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and that midnight events on Mendel Plaza would be unlikely, while courtyard events at the renovated Opera House could run later. The Commission approved Mendel Plaza and the yard/parking-lot permits with the staff-recommended conditions; it continued the larger Third-on-Third street-closure item to staff for administrative handling.
The permits are valid subject to the conditions adopted by staff and the Commission; Bayview was asked to provide event calendars and to coordinate with Bayview Station and other city departments on safety and occupancy.
