As proposed, the Potrero Hill warehouse behind Bottom of The Hill and across the street from the Monte Cristo Social Club will be razed to make way for a four-story building designed by Sternberg Benjamin, with nine (9) two-bedroom condos and parking for nine (9) cars.
Plans to build a 20-unit live/work building for artists on the 131 Missouri Street site had been permitted over a decade ago but were subsequently cancelled. Permits for the new project, which is being developed by ‘Middle of the Hill, LLC,’ are working their way through San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspections. And the development has just been granted an exemption from additional environmental review.
Hope it’s soundproof. Oh, and if any of the new owners/tenants try to complain about the noise and crowds from BOTH, they should be taken out and flogged.
It’s going to happen, break out your flogs.
London Breed is navigating legislation through City Hall right now to make sure developers have to disclose the existence of a club nearby to any buyers and that the businesses are protected from ‘unfair complaints.’ The devil will be in the details, but this will hopefully help prevent some potential problems down the road. We all know random crazy folk will still do what they can within whatever system is set up.
[Editor’s Note: Legislation To Protect Clubs From Encroaching Condos.]
Indeed, sound abatement should be the responsibility of those who come after.
There is a fair amount of BS in this proposed legislation, which is backed and funded by the Entertainment Industry, and the brain child of Terrence Allen of Pink Diamonds fame. Oh and then there’s Mark Leno who carries Allen’s water in sacto.
The BS is that clubs expand their operations and add amped music, all of which impacts neighborhoods that were there BEFORE clubs.
Look no further than Sloane on Mission which expanded without permits, but was later blessed by the Entertainment Commission…which is merely a extension of the entertainment lobby and money. They expanded from Mission street back through the building to the exterior wall right next to an established residential area that has been there since 1906. Go check out the Sandborn maps. Then the clubs use the excuse that neighbors are just trying to kill fun!
For those in residential sales this is a fair take on what is happening:
Supervisor London Breed takes aim at your “right to quiet enjoyment”
by JIM MEKO
London Breed, the newly elected President of the Board of Supervisors, has been dragged into the perennial conflict between neighbors and nightclubs, siding with the entertainment lobby of course, as it continues to buy influence at city hall to pursue its mean-spirited agenda.
Breed has introduced legislation aimed at protecting Places of Entertainment from complaints by their neighbors. The legislation attempts to deny recent residents the right to sue clubs as public or private nuisances. Long time residents are also included in the legislation, with a requirement that any of them who try to sell their property must disclose to lessees and purchasers “potential noise and other inconveniences associated with nearby POE’s.” These disclosure requirements would be recorded against a residential property in a Notice of Special Restrictions (NSR). Former Supervisor Gavin Newsom proposed the same thing in his unsuccessful Nighttime Entertainment Zone legislation in the late ’90s.
This is the California Music and Culture Association’s second assault on the rest of us. To avoid a nuisance complaint, all nightclubs have to do is obey the law. In 2013, Supervisor Jane Kim down-zoned 11th Street homeowners to “legal non-conforming” status to punish them for complaining about a couple of noisy nightclubs.
The Entertainment Commission, a civil body created at the request of the entertainment lobby, would be authorized to hold a hearing on new housing near nightclubs and to require the project sponsor’s participation in the hearing. The Commission would certainly be a controversial venue for this land use discussion since it is chartered to not only regulate but also to promote the entertainment industry.
Breed’s legislation attempts to exempt nightclubs from the California Health and Safety Code by arguing that they are such an important part of the city’s cultural fabric and provides such an important amenity to its residents that they should not have to undertake costly noise attenuation measures. “The imposition of these requirements may impose a significant financial burden on those Places of Entertainment, threatening their continued operation,” according to the legislation.
The legislation tries to justify these arguments by referencing Supervisor Scott Wiener’s “Economic Impact of San Francisco’s Nightlife Businesses” report, which erroneously attributes a $4.2 billion benefit to the city from nighttime entertainment. In truth 77% of the entertainment spending cited in the report was at restaurants. Only 4% was at nightclubs or venues with DJs.
Nuisance is one of the oldest causes of action known to the common law, with cases framed in nuisance going back almost to the beginning of recorded case law, according to a useful analysis by Wikipedia. Nuisance signifies that the “right to quiet enjoyment” of your home is being disrupted to such a degree that a tort (a wrongful act or an infringement of a right leading to civil legal liability) is being committed.
Good unbiased writings there Oh Dear.
“mean-spirited agenda” lol.
Especially since the BotH backyard is already a place you can have a fine conversation while a show is going on.
Bottom of the hill itself will be condos soon enough. I wouldn’t worry about it.
So sad
They should rezone so that buildings immediately adjacent to nightclubs could be rebuilt as office space, rather than residences. Office workers presumably have gone home by the time the bands start or the DJs start spinning.
San Francisco should change its name to Walnut Creek West.
I just moved to the Peninsula and I have to say there has been some convergence over the years of the two
So true and very sad.
keep telling yourself that, dude. you’re the same as every other rearview mirror, slash and burn, why I remember when, potshot taker nowadays. dime a dozen.
Is that the same rendering from the DeHaro St. motorcycle shop housing proposal?
Nope, not even close. Other than the fact that each is a 4 – story, multi-unit residential building whose general envelope is meant to conform to applicable building and zoning codes.
Did you have a point to make?
Yeah, they are similar, boxy proposals. Sure the devil is in the details to make them distinct via finishes etc. But there is not much to get excited about with either rendering other than more housing units.
I thought residential could not be taller than the tallest residential on the block. Everything else is two stories high. This new building overpowers the small house to the right. The elevation should be lowered a floor, at least for the first set of units next to the house.
You would think… Apparently the UMU zoning lets them do whatever the f**k they please.
The City needs housing and the existing warehouse is pretty awful looking. We don’t need more 50 story buildings in downtown. Housing in neighborhoods is a good thing – maybe the children of the people that live there will grow up to be musicians. 🙂
Or tinnitus sufferers.
Yeah, Musicians are often tinnitus sufferers – but good art extracts a price from the artist – and great cities – like Paris , Berlin, or San Francisco – are willing to accommodate what it takes to create beauty.
Dashiell Hammett could either have a liver OR written The Maltese Falcon/ Thin Man – but not both.
“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine…..”
Hammett didn’t write Casablanca. If you saw that on wikipedia, it’s inaccurate.