News - State
New Orleans tackles noise issue
Posted: Mar 1, 2012 4:39 AM by AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An acoustics expert hired by some New Orleans residents says music clubs in several neighborhoods - particularly the French Quarter - regularly exceed legal noise limits.
The report from Houston-based CSTI Acoustics shows excessive noise readings even in a mostly residential area of the quarter, blocks from the famously raucous bars on Bourbon Street.
Wednesday's release by a residents' group called "Hear the Music, Stop the Noise" comes as city officials and residents attack the noise issue on different fronts. A hearing was scheduled at City Hall Wednesday afternoon on one French Quarter bar owner's license. The manager of another club goes to court in March on a complaint that music blasting from the club was allegedly so loud that a police officer outside couldn't hear his own radio.
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