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Commission hears Chapter 16 rollout, staff hiring and corrective action after Nov. 14 incident
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Director Kane updated the commission on implementing Chapter 16 (Nightlife Protection), a new project sponsor form and RDR scheduling; he announced a director's order revising a venue's security plan after a Nov. 14 incident and detailed staffing and outreach steps.
Director Kane told the Entertainment Commission that the office has circulated a new project-sponsor form and will hold monthly RDR committee meetings next year to review projects within 300 feet of places of entertainment as part of Chapter 16 (the "Nightlife Protection" administrative implementation).
Kane said planning letters have been sent to project sponsors and that staff are developing a best-practices guide for how sound studies should be conducted for residential projects near entertainment venues. "All the letters have been sent from the planning department to the project sponsors," Kane said, adding that the RDR committee had prepared a three-page sponsor form to be used in the coming months.
Kane also reported personnel and vacancy updates: a public-health seat on the commission is open (announcement posted Nov. 19) and an outdoor-events analyst position (classification 1823) is expected to be posted Jan. 4'18 with interviews in early February.
The director described issuing a corrective action order dated Nov. 20 after an incident on Nov. 14 at a venue later identified in the record as the Cellar. The order required the operator to submit a revised security plan, suspended one weeknight of operation, required additional weekend/special-event security at a 1:25 ratio, and required at least one long-range night-vision camera at the front entrance. "We basically included a revision of their security plan...adding additional security on weekends and special events at the ratio of 1 to 25," Kane said. Kane added the operator signed the revised plan and agreed to the conditions.
Inspectors provided an enforcement update: Inspector Burke reported the first complaint involving the Regency Ballroom and potential sound escape from a new basement Social Hall; other inspectors described repeated complaints about a basement venue (222 Hide), cluster noise issues on Mission Street (Beatbox/Audio/Slim's area), and follow-up plans to perform residential sound tests where feasible.
Commissioners and police permit officers discussed how the Good Neighbor policy intersects with police conditions, clarified the limits of the commission's authority relative to state licensing for in-house security (BSIS), and instructed staff to make outreach a part of post-approval follow-up rather than an unenforceable or redundant permit condition.
Director Kane said he will keep the commission informed as Chapter 16 implementation proceeds and staff follow up on outreach, sound-study guidance and corrective-action compliance.
The meeting adjourned after the commission approved permit items and standing referrals.
