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By Scott Allen
More than musicians are passionate
about their music.
Fredericksburg City Council members
heard 19 people speak on a potential
redraft of the city’s noise ordinance dur-
ing Monday night’s city council meeting.
A recent city council workshop had some
local residents complaining about exces-
sive noise, while social media chatter had
a “live music ban” as a possibility.
All of the comments were pro-music
that explored various ideas for control-
ling sound, such as installing foliage near
the music venues or Plexiglas windows in
nearby homes and businesses monitor-
ing their own decibel levels.
The council took no action and they
plan to continue receiving public com-
ment and information from Police Chief
Steve Wetz. Council members plan to put
it on a future agenda item, Mayor Linda
Langerhans said.
“I’m thinking 30 or 60 days before we
take another look at this and have more
discussion on it,” Langerhans said.
The council doesn’t plan to ban live
music or amplification, she added.
The current decibel (dB) level ordi-
nance ranges from 60-85 dBs, depending
on the time of the day. The ordinance
level being referenced during the meet-
ing, 70 dBs, is framed from 8-11 p.m.
Jim Chapman, a local citizen who
spoke first, said that 70 dBs is the sound
of a vacuum cleaner. He supports repeal-
ing the ordinance.
“Seventy decibels is pretty low consid-
ering the normal and routine sounds of
an urban environment,” Chapman said.
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“ If we can work
this out, it will
work for everybody.
Talk to those who
own the venues,
who play the musi-
cal instruments in-
stead of just dictat-
ing an ordinance.”
— Sean Smajstrla,
owner, Lincoln Street
Wine Market
“Let’s bring the ex-
perts into the room.
Let’s talk about this.
Let’s do it right this
time.”
— City councilman
Gary Neffendorf
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