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Title 4 — SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS›Chapter 116 — COMPATIBILITY AND PROTECTION FOR RESIDENTIAL USES AND PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT

San Francisco Administrative Code § 116.6 ACOUSTICAL MEASUREMENTS BY ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION STAFF. Editor's Note

San Francisco Administrative Code · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · San Francisco

Cite as: San Francisco Administrative Code § 116.6 · Text as of 2026-10-19

Section 8(b) of this Chapter's enacting ordinance (Ord. 70-15, File No. 141298, App. 5/21/2015, Eff. 6/20/2015) provides as follows: "Administrative Code Sections 116.2 through 116.3, 116.5 through 116.7, 116.9 and 116.11 shall not apply to any Project for which a first construction document, as that term is defined in Section 107A.13.1 of the Building Code, has been issued as of the effective date of this ordinance."

(a) In addition to any acoustical analysis required by the Building Code, prior to any hearing by the Entertainment Commission on a Project pursuant to Section 116.7, Entertainment Commission staff may take exterior acoustical measurements of conditions at the Project Site, to determine normal daytime conditions, normal nighttime conditions when no performance is taking place at any Place of Entertainment within 300 radial feet of the proposed Project, and

conditions during a performance at any Place of Entertainment within 300 radial feet of the proposed Project. The Project sponsor shall provide Entertainment Commission staff with reasonable access to the Project Site for this purpose. This information may be made available to the Entertainment Commission to inform the Entertainment Commission's consideration of the Project pursuant to Section 116.7.

(b) The acoustical measurements required by this Section 116.6 shall not constitute determinations or findings of the Entertainment Commission.

(c) A report of the acoustical measurements required by this Section 116.6 shall be forwarded to the Department of Public Health within five business days after the measurements are taken, and at least five business days prior to any Entertainment Commission hearing on the Project.

(Added by Ord. 70-15, File No. 141298, App. 5/21/2015, Eff. 6/20/2015)

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