Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Land Use Extended Hours topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Planning Commission allows Golden Boy Pizza to serve until 2:30 a.m., adds good‑neighbor conditions
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission approved a conditional use authorization allowing Golden Boy Pizza at 542 Green St. to serve until 2:30 a.m., reversing staff’s recommendation to deny extended hours because of late‑night crowding concerns; approval includes good‑neighbor conditions to address trash and loitering.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on July 17 approved a conditional use authorization allowing Golden Boy Pizza, at 542 Green Street, to serve customers until 2:30 a.m., rejecting staff’s recommendation to deny extended hours due to concerns about late‑night noise and public‑safety conditions in North Beach.
Staff planner Aaron Hollister told the commission that principally permitted hours in the North Beach neighborhood commercial district run from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m., and that conditional use authorization is required to operate between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Hollister said staff found the requested extension “neither necessary nor desirable” given documented late‑night crowd and noise problems in the area and recommended disapproval.
Marcia Garland of the North Beach Chamber of Commerce and owner Peter Sodini told the commission the walk‑up pizza window has been a long‑standing neighborhood business, with service methods in place since the late 1970s and neighborhood support for a modest hour extension. Sodini said he historically closed by about 2:30 a.m. and that he had never operated to 4 a.m., telling the commission, “I’ve never been there till 4AM… usually, it’s 02:30.”
Several commissioners said neighbors’ concerns were legitimate but that the sponsor’s long history and the narrower hour requested weighed in favor of a limited accommodation. Commissioner Bill Lee moved to approve extended hours to 2:30 a.m. and include South of Market “good‑neighbor” conditions addressing post‑service policing and signage; the motion passed unanimously.
The approval applies only to the extended hours (the walk‑up facility component was not before the commission) and requires the business to stop service at 2:30 a.m. and implement agreed conditions intended to limit congregating, ensure trash control and reduce late‑night disturbances. The commission did not adopt the 4 a.m. request that originally appeared on the application.
Next steps: staff will prepare findings and conditions consistent with the commission’s motion and include standard good‑neighbor measures in the project approval package.
