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After contested hearing, commission requires Halcyon to adopt logs, sound study and a limiter; good-neighbor policy updated
Summary
Following weeks of neighborhood complaints and a citation under appeal, the commission ordered Halcyon to provide advance calendars of extended-hour events, nightly timestamped closing records and interior decibel logs, to fund a two-night sound study with commission staff, and to use a sound limiter; the body also adopted an updated Good Neighbor Policy.
After a lengthy, often tense hearing the San Francisco Entertainment Commission on Dec. 18 adopted a package of conditions aimed at reducing neighborhood noise and improving enforceability for Halcyon's permits and approved an updated Good Neighbor Policy for the city’s entertainment districts.
Staff presented complaint and inspection timelines showing repeated reports about Halcyon at 314 Eleventh Street; a citation from Oct. 13 (alleging a peak of 123.7 dB above a 116 dB limit) is under appeal and scheduled for an administrative hearing. Halcyon’s legal representatives and supporters said the venue has invested heavily in sound mitigation, offered to help…
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