(a) Every Person seeking a Place of Entertainment permit or an amendment to such a permit shall file an application with the Entertainment Commission upon a form provided by the Entertainment Commission and, except as otherwise provided in this Section 1060.2, shall pay a filing fee as provided in Section 2.26 of this Code.
(b) The Director shall send the application to the following departments, which shall complete all necessary inspections or approvals and shall endeavor to report their determinations to the Entertainment Commission within 20 City business days of receiving the application.
(1) The Police Department;
(2) The Planning Department;
(3) The Department of Building Inspection, except that this subsection (b)(3) shall not apply if either of the following occurs: (i) the Person provides evidence of the completion of a final inspection for an issued building permit for the premises, as required by Chapter 1A of the San Francisco Building Code, if the inspection was completed in the 12 months before the date of the Person’s application for a Place of Entertainment Permit; or (ii) the Person provides evidence that the premises held a Place of Entertainment Permit within the 12 months before the date of the Person’s application for a Place of Entertainment Permit;
(4) The Department of Public Health, except that this subsection (b)(4) shall not apply if the Person provides evidence of a permit to oper- ate a food preparation and service establishment on the premises, as required by Article 8 of the Health Code, current as of the date of the Person’s application for a Place of Entertainment Permit; and
(5) The Fire Department, except that this subsection (b)(5) shall not apply if the Person provides evidence of a place of assembly permit for the premises, as required by Chapter 1 of the San Francisco Fire Code, current as of the date of the Person’s application for a Place of Entertain- ment Permit.
(c) Waiver of Filing Fee.
(1) The following Persons shall be eligible for a waiver of the filing fee for a Place of Entertainment Permit:
(A) A Person who previously held a JAM Permit and who, during the time period beginning January 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2025, applies for a new or amended Place of Entertainment Permit to continue to provide outdoor entertainment and/or amplified sound in the same outdoor space as authorized by the JAM Permit; and
(B) A Person who, due to Planning Code amendments that take effect on or after January 1, 2023, becomes eligible to apply and applies for a Place of Entertainment Permit on or before June 30, 2025.
(2) Any filing fee that is waived pursuant to this subsection (c) but that has been paid shall be refunded, without interest, upon request of the payor of the fee to the Entertainment Commission. Any refund request under this subsection (c) must be filed in writing with the Entertainment Commission by June 30, 2025.
(d) If an applicant submits an application for a Place of Entertainment Permit, and the application is not granted, conditionally granted, or denied within 12 months, the Director shall require the applicant to submit a new application for a Place of Entertainment Permit that shall be accompanied by the payment of a new filing fee, as set forth in Section 2.26, at the time of submission of the new application.
(Amended by Ord. 555-81, App. 11/12/81; Ord. 164-02, File No. 020783, App. 7/26/2002; Ord. 239-09, File No. 080323, App. 11/20/2009; Ord. 163-17, File No. 170443, App. 7/27/2017, Eff. 8/26/2017; Ord. 205-19, File No. 181211, App. 9/11/2019, Eff. 10/12/2019; Ord. 250-23, File No. 230861, App. 12/14/2023, Eff. 1/14/2024, Retro. 1/1/2023)