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Commission grants continuance for Rocketfish entertainment-permit application after concerns about hours, security and neighborhood outreach
Summary
The commission continued Marco Rodriguez’s application for a place-of-entertainment permit for Rocketfish (1469 Eighteenth St.) to Dec. 14 for a revised security plan and proof of neighborhood outreach after questions about hours, a required security guard and inconsistent notice of police conditions.
The Entertainment Commission on Nov. 23 granted a continuance to Dec. 14 for the application by Marco Rodriguez, doing business as Rocketfish (1469 Eighteenth Street), to add small bands and DJs to a sushi restaurant and lounge.
Commissioners and Bayview Station Officer Tim Dalton raised several issues: the hours of entertainment reported in the applicant’s materials and discussions (application lists 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m.; officer noted he recommended 11 a.m. to midnight based on what he heard from the applicant), an occupancy figure (the applicant said 70) that would trigger the commission’s security rule (one security guard per 100 occupants requires at least one guard for entertainment events), and whether the applicant had adequately done neighborhood outreach. Building owner Erwin Zwetsky said he had not been shown police-imposed restrictions when he acquired the property, which he said had longstanding use as a bar and restaurant.
Officer Dalton said he had met with the applicant before opening, forwarded his recommendations to the ALU unit and ABC, and requested one security guard based on information provided by the applicant. Commissioners pressed the applicant for clarifications, asked for a revised security plan identifying any outside security firm, and urged aggressive outreach to merchant and neighborhood groups (for example, the merchants association and local boosters). Several commissioners said a continuance would allow the applicant to return with written neighborhood contacts or letters and a revised security plan.
Commissioner (speaker 3) moved to continue the item to the Dec. 14 meeting; the motion was seconded, and the commission recorded roll-call votes (Commissioners Benetti, Joseph, Mikko, Rojas and President Newman each voting ‘Aye’). The continuance passed.
The applicant is expected to return Dec. 14 with a revised security plan and evidence of neighborhood outreach; the commission did not grant a final entertainment permit on Nov. 23.
