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Planning Commission approves Jet bar expansion in Upper Market with conditions
Summary
The San Francisco Planning Commission approved a conditional use authorization allowing Jet (2342–2348 Market St.) to expand into an adjacent tenant space, subject to neighborhood-negotiated conditions including continued security, noise mitigation and monitoring. Supporters cited outreach and mitigation; nearby residents raised quality-of-life concerns.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on an item heard June 2008 approved a conditional use authorization allowing Jet to expand into the adjacent 2342–2348 Market Street storefront and unify two tenant spaces into a single operation larger than 2,999 square feet.
Planning Department staff said the proposal includes interior and façade work and a permitted outdoor activity area with a retractable window system; the department received 55 letters of support, a petition of roughly 360 signatures and about six letters of opposition (Planning staff, SEG 276–316). Project counsel Tony Kim and owner Greg Bronstein emphasized outreach efforts, including an informational neighborhood meeting on April 30 and more than 400 mailed invitations to nearby property owners and neighborhood groups (Tony Kim, SEG 320–336; Greg Bronstein, SEG 498–519).
Opponents from the nearby blocks told commissioners that late-night crowds have produced urination, vomiting, noise and lost parking spaces, and they worried that further expansion would worsen those conditions (Resident public comment, SEG 389–437). Supporters including the Eureka Valley Promotion Association said they negotiated conditions with the owner and would work with the operator to enforce them, including a late-night patrol, and recommended approval (Judith Hoyam, SEG 456–496).
Commissioners pressed staff on enforcement and on the security condition. Staff clarified that the approved security arrangement includes one police special with a broader patrol area and additional security on site and that private security would remain for 30 minutes after closing to support street-level dispersal (Staff, SEG 568–583). Numerous commissioners cited the operator’s neighborhood outreach and the negotiated conditions as reasons to approve.
Commissioner Mike Antonini moved for approval; the motion passed unanimously in roll-call votes recorded on the record (Motion and roll call, SEG 625–643). The approved motion and associated conditions require the operator to implement the staff-recommended mitigation measures and to cooperate with neighborhood organizations on monitoring and enforcement.
