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Planning Commission approves Double Dutch—s DJ permit with conditions after months of complaints
Summary
After months of noise complaints and follow-up sound tests, the Planning Commission voted unanimously May 10 to grant Double Dutch a conditional entertainment permit subject to mitigation: a six-month and one-year review, closure of the rear yard to patrons, a sound limiter, and other operating conditions agreed with neighbors and the Entertainment Commission.
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted unanimously May 10 to grant a conditional entertainment permit that will allow DJs at Double Dutch, a Mission District bar at 3192 Sixteenth Street, after hearing hours of testimony from neighbors, business owners and the project sponsor.
Planning staff had recommended denying the permit, citing numerous police noise complaints and what staff called a lack of good-faith operation in the past. Jeremy Paul, attorney for the project sponsor, argued the venue had met the commission—s previous directives: it provided a sound study, installed a limiter, closed the back patio to patrons and made other sound-mitigation changes. "They have…
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