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Entertainment Commission approves three permits, schedules reviews for Broadway club
Summary
The commission approved limited live-performance and event sound permits for Poor House and Town School and approved a family amusement permit for Playland Japan; Apartment 24’s ownership change was conditionally granted with security conditions and a February review.
San Francisco’s Entertainment Commission on Nov. 8 approved multiple permits for neighborhood venues and events and set a review date for a Broadway nightclub’s conditional grant.
At the meeting the commission unanimously approved a limited live-performance permit for Poor House, a small wine bar at 1327 Poult Street; owner William Bigelow told commissioners the venue has neighborhood support. "We have a lot of support from the local neighbors, businesses, and residences," Bigelow said.
The commission also granted an outdoor loudspeaker permit for Town School for Boys at 2720 Jackson Street for its Nov. 12 fundraising event, allowing music and announcements until 11 p.m. Applicants told commissioners the rooftop event will be tented and that they had notified the immediate block’s neighbors. Police staff had recommended ending music at 10 p.m., but commissioners approved the 11 p.m. request after asking about outreach and speaker placement.
Separately, commissioners approved a mechanical-amusement-device permit for Playland Japan at 22 Peace Plaza in Japantown. Applicant Aaron Nakahara described a family-focused arcade with two to four machines and retail goods aimed at children ages 3–12; the Japantown Task Force’s executive director Bob Hamaguchi said the group organized outreach and endorsed the project.
On other business the commission took action on a change-of-ownership application for Apartment 24 at 440 Broadway by conditionally granting the permit with multiple security requirements recommended by SFPD, including a 100-foot security perimeter, a 1:50 security staffing ratio, a ban on party buses and no admittance after 1 a.m. The commission recorded that staff and police would revisit the permit’s operation at the first meeting in February to evaluate outreach and the late-admittance restriction.
The meeting packet and staff reports included monthly incident logs and corrective-action files; SFPD flagged several late-October incidents linked to overservice and assaults on Broadway during Halloween weekend, which informed the conditions attached to the Apartment 24 approval.
The commission adjourned after scheduling follow-up items and noting future agenda planning.
Ending: Staff will file the conditional permit records and SFPD will monitor compliance; Apartment 24 will return for a formal review at the commission’s February meeting.
