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Board narrows Lion Dance Me permit after merchant complaints; conditions limit weekend entertainment
Summary
After hours of testimony from Chinatown merchants, residents, performers and city staff, the Board of Appeals granted a challenge to Lion Dance Me’s one‑time outdoor event permit and imposed conditions limiting amplified sound and weekend performances to a smaller footprint and limited term. The board voted 4–1 to approve the revised conditions.
Following an extended and heavily attended hearing on April 17, the San Francisco Board of Appeals granted a partial appeal of a one‑time outdoor event permit held by Lion Dance Me and imposed new time, place and sound conditions intended to balance cultural programming with merchants’ and residents’ concerns.
The permit at issue (ECOTE24‑046) authorized weekend street closures and outdoor entertainment, including amplified sound, on Grant Avenue (multiple blocks) from April 6, 2024 through March 30, 2025. Merchants and several residents appealed, saying the permit’s duration, frequency and permitted footprint (multiple blocks) imposed access and noise harms, and they criticized outreach notices that had been provided only…
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