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City Council Meeting Minutes September 5, 2017 Page 12 of 18 is prosecutable Chief Hayes stated the ordinance applies throughout town The prosecutor has told him typically she wants a second complainant and additional research. Councilmember Stolzmann asked if CRS §25-12-103 applies to Louisville. Attorney Light noted state statute regarding noise control creates a private right of action, and does not automatically apply within a municipality Some municipality's say noise control is a matter of local control. A local ordinance allows writing violations into the municipal court Statute has language that allows a municipality to create rules no less restrictive, but is not completely clear about creating more restrictive rules. Councilmember Leh noted a May 11 email from Chief Hayes stating current police process. The police department currently seeks voluntary compliance, education and if need be, enforcement. Public Comments Joel Hayes, 187 Harper Street, noted an email he had sent stating with so few complaints he hopes Council does not make any changes to the current ordinance. He added music is an art form with intnnsic value of its own Hundreds of people who listen or play music in our community should outweigh the few complaints. He played his mandolin showing the live music decibel level in the proposed ordinance is too low. He doesn't want to have an ordinance that would limit his ability to play an instrument in his own backyard Chuck Martin, 1433 North Franklin Court, stated one big value to add to the list is music and arts in town There is a thriving music scene in town and has venues to play. Logistically decibel levels sound good, but it would shut down the music scene in this town Tom Rafferty, 945 Rex Street, stated he didn't know about this discussion and would like more notice about such discussions This affects many people and more notice would be better Thanks for addressing Street Faire noise It has been better in the last year. He noted he loves music, but can hear the music from five blocks away from downtown and is super aggravated with the noise. He bought his house in 1980 and is asking music be indoors. Multiple restaurants downtown are making music. This is a quality of life issue. He expressed thanks for consideration on both sides. Mark Oberholzer, 224 Hoover Avenue, resident and owner of the former Blue Parrot building and Tilt pinball, who also serves as Chairman of BRaD, noted as a business owner and resident he is against the ordinance BRaD discussed this and voted unanimously to recommend against the ordinance. It is solving a problem that doesn't need solving Police and staff can handle this Perhaps a modified ordinance in the future if needed.