Need to Fix Noise Ordinance Now!

"...gigs at Freddie's because of the last news-making sound ordinance story. Why is it that music is the only..."

June 13, 2009 Postmarks

Enforce Existing Noise Ordinance; Don't Emasculate It

"...member of the task force that wrote the existing Noise Ordinance, I'm disappointed at the current efforts to emasculate..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Postmarks

Fix Noise Ordinance Now

"...Dear Editor, We need to fix the noise ordinance now [“Postmarks,” June 12]. Do not forget all..."

June 22, 2009 Postmarks

On Noise Ordinance – Time for a Class Action?

"...live music venue owners (who've been cited under the noise ordinance) it would take to meet class action status?..."

June 15, 2009 Postmarks

Noise Ordinance for Pipelines Needed?

"...the company had so brazenly bypassed the city. Municipal ordinances are somewhat hazy on all-night construction projects, but city..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Sorry, Charlie: New Noise Curfew

Ongoing disagreements with nearby residents yield stricter curfews

"...permit renewal. The eventual resolution restricts CUC's outdoor amplified noise (all sound that is played through speakers, including live..."

Aug. 24, 2012 News Feature by Tyler Pratt

JD Samson & Saving the Noise

The girl from MEN is here to show you a good time.

"...MEN, is in town September 1st for SAVE THE NOISE! at Cheer Up Charlies. JD recently talked to the..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Tyler Pratt

Sound Ordinance for More Than Music?

"...Dear Editor, It's my understanding that if current noise ordinance laws can shut down Unplugged at the Grove,..."

July 8, 2009 Postmarks

Sound Ordinance Hurts Live Music

"...H.G. Wells novel, Shady Grove was cited for a sound-ordinance violation. The irony was not lost on anyone there...."

June 8, 2009 Postmarks

Council Goes for Short-Term Police Deal, Ignores Union Noise

One year, last chance

"...voters' choice until 2027. By that time, the winning ordinance's two years of protection as a citizen initiative will..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Feel the Noise

"...can’t live Downtown if you can’t sleep! Nighttime construction noise undermines the quality of life for Austin’s Downtown residents...."

Nov. 12, 2014 Postmarks

Keeping the Peace

Andy Langer examines round one of trying to establish a new city noise ordinance for Austin.

"...of intense public debate over the city's proposed new noise ordinance would end in five minutes of silence...."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Council Watch

Planning Commission and two council members consider measures to reduce commercial noise pollution near residential land; Vista Ridge PUD developer negotiates compromise agreement on its single-family development overlooking Bull Creek.

"...took on Alexander's property didn't violate the city's nuisance noise ordinance. So Alexander called the city's zoning office, asking..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Column by Kevin Fullerton

911, We've Got a Smoker

Austin's new smoking ordinance takes effect today

"...said enforcement of Austin's new Smoking in Public Places Ordinance – which can be read in its entirety at..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The Power to Change

A quick sound check with the Austin mayoral candidates

"...As the ongoing hullabaloo over the Austin sound ordinance in regards to live outdoor music at restaurants has..."

April 30, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Unplugged, Literally

Shady Grove gets one in the Gourds

"...as to the absurdity of the current Austin sound ordinance and complete lack of City Council leadership on the..."

June 12, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Reasonably Offensive

Two civil suits against live music venues downtown call into question Austin's sound ordinance.

"...stereo equipment. Then he tried to drown out the noise coming from one of his neighbors...."

Aug. 31, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Page Two

If the City Council approves a proposed noise ordinance, Austin will have to stay weird quietly, and possibly without many nightclubs.

"...the front-page story titled "City Council close to offering noise ordinance."..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Column by Louis Black

There Are No Guidelines

The Sixth Street Sound Ordinance

"...celebrated their first significant skirmish in the Sixth Street noise war...."

Nov. 21, 1997 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Stop! Hey! What's That Sound?

Proposed noise ordinance threatens downtown clubs.

"...City Council approves the proposed revisions to the city's noise ordinance this spring, say opponents, Austin may have to..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Off the Desk:

"...Health and safety matters aside, residents also complain of noise, traffic and paper that invariably ends up littering their..."

Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature

Dancing About Architecture

All news: noise ordinance gripes, AMN budget crunch, Sound Exchange faces rent shortfalls, Williamson County refuses to give up on an amphitheatre, Clifford Antone back on the streets, and the first SXSW 03 confirmees. Plus, three music deaths.

"...Making Noise (Joyful or Otherwise)..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Return of 'The Ozo 3'

Andy Langer interviews Ozomatli bassist on band's arrest during SXSW, and its aftermath

"...Because police initially confronted Ozomatli for violating the sound ordinance by playing in the street at 2:30am, city council..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Andy Langer

TCB

Uncertainty, hope, and tragedy visit the Austin music scene this week.

"...this afternoon (Thursday) will likely see the new sound ordinance adopted, marking a major milestone in how Austin's live..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Naked City

Wynn, McCracken make nice with "hip" band in wake of SXSW bust

"...the process of crafting an amendment to the city's noise ordinance that would exempt Sixth Street and the Downtown..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two: Living Just Enough for the City

City sound limits and national anti-immigration movements share absolutism and intransigence

"...do much to help it. First, there was the Noise Ordinance, which lowered acceptable levels of live music to..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Sorry, Charlie, Too Much Cheer

Silencing a bar that's been coming through loud and queer

"...A neighborhood disagreement over the interpretation of a sound ordinance further restricts how late Cheer Up Charlies may play..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Tyler Pratt

Death

Oh Death, where is thy sting?

"...east of Burlington, [Vt.], mainly because Burlington has a noise ordinance," reveals drummer Dannis (pronounced Dennis) Hackney. "That doesn't..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Respect the SOS Ordinance..."

July 25, 2003 Column

Page Two

SXSW looms, Seton's dubious deal, the war moves closer, the city silences the music, and the new GOP loves deficits.

"...into its coffin. Last time out it was the noise ordinance, this time it's the no-smoking ordinance. Every one..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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