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Entertainment Commission approves amended SF Armory permit with strict sound, security and hours conditions
Summary
After extensive public comment and debate, the San Francisco Entertainment Commission approved a major amendment to the SF Armorys place-of-entertainment permit, conditioning the permit on completed sound-attenuation work, a final security plan sign-off with SFPD, clear queuing rules and limits on extended-hour events.
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission voted to approve an amendment to the SF Armorys place-of-entertainment permit on April 5, 2016, after hearing hours of public testimony about loud electronic-music events and proposed mitigation measures.
Commission President Brian Tan opened the hearing and the applicant teams attorney, Mark Loper, described a multi-part sound-attenuation plan developed with Charles & Salter Associates and TEF Design. The plan called for interior vestibules on Fourteenth Street, mandatory music riders that prohibit bass under 40 hertz and limit measured sound to no more than 8 decibels over ambient, sound limiters on amplifiers, shock-absorbing insulation for speakers, use of a house sound system when possible, and secondary interior glazing on windows. Loper said the Armory would not host additional amplified concerts until those measures were completed and tested.
Peter Ackworth, identified in the record as the Armorys CEO, apologized repeatedly for recent problems and told commissioners, "There's no…
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