as shabu pub. mr. king, you are up. what happened to mr. king? nicolas? go for it. >> there was a belated request for a cantonese interpreter. i am checking with the applicant to see if he wanted to proceed or not. vice chair joseph: do we have an interpreter? >> no. vice chair joseph: and you just got the request? does the applicant want a continuance? >> i just checked with him and he said no. this is mr. chang the owner and operator. this is a place of entertainment permit for karaoke. i'll turn it to him. vice chair joseph: mr. chang? do you speak english? >> a little bit. ce cirjoseph: a little bit. can you tell me aboutyou eratio

n you telle ato? >> do like ataurt. wejnt tge e entertainment for the customer light dier enterment vice chair joseph: what entertainment? >> singing karaoke. ce cir joseph: ok. anybody have any questions? commissioner cavellini: have you had a karaoke bar before? ye commissioner cavellini: i am sorry. i do not speak chinese. in san franciscoyou had a karaoke bar? or you have been working at a carrier could barefore? >> mostly, i do entertainment around theay area for many years. commissioner cavellini:n yo tellmewhere >> san franciscoe soni

center. a chinese concert over there. a the city hall. at the palace. vice chair joseph: mr. chang, unfortunately your application is not filled out. of igoin t is the only way i know how. if you do not understand what i amsayingstop me. heplication, thepeyo submitted, is not filled out. therere manyreat did not answer for instance what are your doorolicies describe your plan tocontro line eleverybody to keep quiet? that is insignifican applicatio i find at this plicatio

dooteet stans. t just blank. your application is blank. roblemmoving forward with this application. commissioner perez: you are required to do a neighborhood outreach and talk to your neighbors. you said you did noto any of return on your application. that is part of the requirement. you need to talk to your neighbors to ask about what you are going to do. tell them you are going to have entertainment. >> poste a sign in front of the door more than 45days commissioner perez: that is not enough. you actually have to reach out. vice chair joseph: mr. chang, has any member of the staf hetertaicoission contacted you about this permit?

>> yes. vice chairjosewhen they contact you the first time? >> october. vice chair joseph: theytoyo you could not erate unless you had a permit. did you stop operating? >>es i just want to do the restrant. iconfthat i still need an entertainment license for that. ice ai joseph: do you represent him? do you want to speak into the microphone? i tryingto clarify maybe a couple of things that were not made clear. mr.chan has an upper ridding restaurant right now. what he wants to do is to enhance for revenue, to e for e ster i was not aware that it was not filled out properly.

he has an existing karaoke business. vice cirosepe donot ave an existing carriers to business. >> in the sunset. vice chair joseph: 0 in a different location? do you know where at is lote on the caravel -- on taravel. vice chair joseph: is there anything further? anything further? >> on the application some areas are not filled out because i am just a restaurant. at w idootnohow to fill it out. vice chair joseph: you are not just a restaurant because you are actively operate in turkey without a permit right now, and so you are more than a restaurant. >> i just wanted to use the

karaoke system i am doing processing on the application now. vice chair joseph: take a seat. let me open it to public comment, and then the commissioners can ta. i would like to hear from a permit officer first, and then i would like to hear from officer moore. >> commissioners, mr. chang was visited by me on august 13 last year. at that time we warned him he was operating in a karaoke establishment without a permit. we advised him as we o y time we comeacrosome eratg wiout a peitwe take e first step of information and education, as you have heard many times before. on august 13 we visited and explained the process. we said if he was going to o e sinee neededto aly forermi

he was revisited again on october 15 by myself and officer moore. at that time, he s continui toeratwit peit o the 15th he was cited by officer moore for city permit requirfo operating raoke business without a permit. he did not submit his application until october 21. we ve merous talks. we have warned him on the 13th of august. we warned him again on the 15th. a hwas cite officerore is here. -- moore is here. he can talk about otherroblems likealcoholsalesotheecon floor, which is not permitted. although it is not under the commission per view, there have been questions about fire code violationsplanniviolations so for. why don't i turn it to officer more -- moore?

vice chair joseph: his karaoke bar on taravel has that come before us before? >> i would need an address and a name to confirm it. vice chair joseph: officer? officer moore: good evening again. the ipector jt - he mentioned his first visit on august 13, where he advised mr. a then when we cited him for the permit violation. in addition they have an abc license but hav sales coumptioon theecd floo every karaoke room has been outfitted with plastic cups of ice -- of dice.

there are also gambling tiles. iave photos. ter i ised from -- issued him the citationrece recoentionfor a place of entertainment. the former commanding officer at the station recommendeddenial sed on ourprevious cote he ctied to n it as a place of entertainment. there were yelp reviews, people saying they used the karaoke rooms after the citation occurred. i visited shabu pub during the days he said there wasaig post outdoor diotee a sign posted.

also, one of the rooms upstairs had been converted to a bedroom. ere wereeveral tho dollars in cash and what not alsoalr doorat led on to the roof that the first level, which had a letter atched to eside -- a letter attached to the side to let you get out the backdoor sill there was a full shower which had recently been used when mr. opened the door. the mirror was steamed. there was a pair of women's panties hanging in the shower as well time iave kehi about anything, he has changed his story numerous times. i can onmeheis lyito me first he said the shower was for workers, if they had to stay te hesaidthe bed was for the same thing. later, he said it was for his own personal use. ve the photo i have the of reviews. -- the elp rie

aside from that, his application is far from complete. we recommend itets denied vice chair joseph: thank you very much. can you take that from nicholas, behind you? orthe benefit of theaienc and commissioners, ist nttoquote section 10 60.1 suection may --ecti it is unlawful to conduct, maintain orpermit to be conductedany place of entermentor one time event in the city of san francisco without first having obtained the requiredermit from the irector or enterment commsion he fac that mr. chang was notifiedinaugust and octobe ateratg olatio -- thank you very much.

is there any public comment on shabu pub 3809 geary? >> michael nulty. as aneighbooodactivist, i woul either deny this or continue it until the application was filled andth fi ifor all e violations obviously, he isnot understanding all the business. i would talk to the city attorney about withholding his business license. vice chair joseph: thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. tostaff, rificatioof the nile -- when can the applicant apply again? after nineon ice ai joseph: 9 months?

not a year? >> i think it is a year. ice aijoseok commissioners, i am perplexed. if we continue this, we have to hear it at the next meeting. if the applicant conties it would come back to us when the applicant hadurll the defect i am not sure what the aress onel if we had a kaoke bar on arel i do not know if it is e same place. i amnot inclined to ask, because we're doing with this location. i entertain a motion on this permit. somebody? >> i make a motion to deny. do you want to continue this or go forward with the motion?

do you want to go forward? vice chair joseph: do you understand what he is asking you completely? >> i am a business. i need help. >> i am asking you if you want to o your application and come back or want us to vote now. vice chair joseph: do you want to continue? >> which one would you like? >> i want to continue. vice chair joseph: you are asking us to continue it. is that right? >> would you like to come back with a new application, or decide now? vice chair joseph: i am really hesitant because i am not sure he completely understands us. nobody here speaks cantonese, i am sure. guys? there is only one thing i can say in chinese. the building owner -- can you communicate with him correctly?

>> he wants to continue. >> he wants a continuance or wants to continue it right now? vice chair joseph: he wants to contue ites votion itow s at wreyi? ok. so you would like to continue and reply. am entertaining moti t grt lican's ret to continue this to the applicant's -- the next time eapplicant noti sff >>so moved. commissioner tan: aye. commssioner lee:ayer. commissioner cavellini: aye. commissioner perez: aye. vice chair joseph: aye. you can go to staff and they will give you another application so you can get it to us, ok? you can call the office

somebody give him a card. call the office during the day and talked to staff. they will be able to direct you either to someone who not only speakscantonese so it would help him, but also to manage the process. > weve interpreters. vice chair joseph: call nicholas king of our office. do you have a card on you? thank you. next item on the agenda? thank you for sticking with us. 7e. forgive me if i destroy your name. anzhelika bisesi doing business as playland. >> a new owner taking over the

space would like to continue operating with live music. > marsha garland, representing the applicant. aeliknzhelika. that is jim from e seri coany. they, as you know, bought this from kino's. it it came a few problems. they have been trying to rectify those problems. e mainprlemwas a noise issue. they have spent significant money fixing the soundproofing. hen the bought it, they inherited a musical lineup they did not realize they had to have a separate permitrom business to business. the canceled all the acts. that included the holidays. ave done extensive outreach and collectors of support from the merchants and residentsahe cmunity

leadership alliance which has a representative here tonight to eak t at a letter of support from the lower polk eibo merchants association, and eight neutral position from the lliance an mid-polik. hey vea ve good security plan. their capacity is 123. they are there fothe lo term. the have put a lot of money into the property. they want it to besuccsful for them the soundproofing has just about been cpleted i will let you hear from them. >> good evening. a later evening than it started. vice chair joseph: good night now. >> i am one o e new owne listening carefully throughout this hearing, i gleaned a few more thingshis i was

planning to talk about were brought up. earlier,ermentioof welcoming new owners to the area. this is what the ownership is here. i have a historyof over 100 years in san francisco, with my grandparents, my parents, and myself. my grandmother was going right where the ball park was. my parents were both going in the city. i met my wife at the san ranccoalle i and now vice president and attorney of hewlett-packard. i came back after coll. i came back into san francisco in the 80's. came intthe south of market area and a bodybuilding on south rk--a ildi on south park, up from the ballpark. vice chair joseph: i was a ster

>> iwas a champagne and jazz cover club. full entertainment. full restaurant. 1 m. to 2:00 a.m. at that time obviously, there erwo oer ruran it became the center of the dotcom. we were known as the hon. we ran a successful operation at that time. circling back to san frcisco, i look at this place. it is a challenge. it has a longhistory, definite checkered. but what brings it back to the ownership proper -- staff was ing e place. the owner was running the bands. our ownership has lived in san ncisco every sile day of his life in san francisco. he knows the city better than

anybody i have ever met. anzhelika moved yourself out here and became a citizen just recently. she has been here 13 years mgitimore. she has put her hard earned cash. she is going to btheri ight ha mak our place. we have taken steps to outreach to the community. i have sat and talked in front of the lower poke. -- po we have had almost universal acceptance. we havehired a security team. are li sproofi we are cleaning that corner up. we have taken great steps to improve the neighborhood already. here wer td a lot of transients in front of the building.

we chose not to be open between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. we are going to be a respectable clean bar. entertainment is an important part of what we do. the entertainment w r differently. we are not planning to do seven nights a week, three bands. vice chair joseph: wrap it u your life story is very interesting, but how does it apply to this permit? >> responsibleowners make good neighbors,ake good club owners. the that is what i am trying to get across. vice chair joseph:you have hired a security company? what is their name? can i -- what is your experience with nightclubs? >> we have be iusiness since 1995. we have done nightclubs along the creek area, san francisco east bay, oakland. ice ai joseph: telle the

name of two in san francisco. >> gold dust and nintelligible] vice chair joseph: he told me two. that is all i asked for. any questions? >> it says hours of operation 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. do you mean 2:00 a.m.? but entertainment willbe rom 7: in the evening until 2:00 a.m.? the pm's andam's are all mixed up. you would want entertainment to be able topecka wenot plan oningentertaien but we are not looking to get conditions on our license for entertainment. >> we are open right now only until 4:00. >> are you talking about deejays, live music, or all of

the above? live music? vice chair jat do to sounroof i >> we got double hung windows upstairs, and the same downstairs also. vice chairjoseph: wha else did you do besides double pane windows? did you do anything to the ceiling, the walls between the windows? the you do any oer soundproofin >> there is soundproofing on the sides of the building already. tri toaddres that with some quiet rock and some resilience channels. our ceiling will be sound tiles for acoustic. vice chair joseph: you have not done thisyet but you intend to do that? or are you just investigating and maybe won't do it?

>> we plan on doing it. efeel it already was soundproofed. vice chair joseph: we used to get a bunch of sound complaints. so maybe not so much sounroofed. anying else? >> does the windows open? >> we put in aoundproof when a company. at is what they haveone. it is behind the existing window 3 inches to 6 inches inside our ilding, tocreate a sound barrier. >> they basically cannot open anymore? vice chair joseph: that is actually a really good way to soroof >> it at they do fornd studios. it works better keeping the sound in the room. it is far superior to what they had. vice chair joseph: any other

questions? why don't you have a seat. i open the floor to public comment on playland 1351 polk street. thank you for being patient. it has been a long night. >> our organization was approachedregag is project and subsequent to that the project sponsors did contact us to schedule community outreach prior to thatmeet -- outrage. prior to that meeting, we did extensive e-mail outrage -- out of reach. folks did time in we did get two who complained about previous noise issues. but the project sponsors, i think we satfor wellover a hourdiscussillointof

heafety plan, as well as noise abatement issues. there was an individual who during the meeting, was looking at a lfe. he was watching the inside of the restaurant while we were having the meeting, making sure they were doing what they were supposed to do. ice aih: technology is cool. >> exactly. our organization facilitates a new liquor licensing live entertainment peitinor nob hilland polk corner.