Centro restaurants to invest in soundproofing
Although the restaurants that operate in the Historic Center haven’t been snagged in the ongoing kerfuffle over noise, 25 of them are investing in soundproofing.
Although the restaurants that operate in the Historic Center haven’t been snagged in the ongoing kerfuffle over noise, 25 of them are investing in soundproofing.
Where a machine shop can legally operate next to a restaurant, investors hesitate to write checks.
Foreigners who don’t like hearing music blaring from a nightclub in their neighborhood should return to their home country, said Miguel Ángel Martínez Ancona, general secretary of a musicians’ union.
North of the Centro, residents have their own battle with noisy bars, which opened in the last six months on the roof of an eight-story complex.
Noise regulations in Mérida aren’t as imminent as earlier indicated and are still going through various channels before reaching a vote.
Three party bars have been forced to suspend operations under a citywide noise crackdown similar to Mérida’s.
A noise crackdown on bars and club Quinta Avenida, or Fifth Avenue, has revealed tensions between nightclubs and the hotels who house many of their patrons.
Not so fast, Centro dwellers. It’s not time to sleep just yet.
The City Council announced Thursday an imminent ban on live music after 11:30 p.m. The measure is expected to be law within days.
City Hall is finalizing details of its new noise regulations, which could be approved sometime this week, said a local councilman.
La Fundacíon Mezcalería, a hipster cantina that was among the first of its kind in Mérida, closed Friday night or early Saturday when the Ministry of Health and state police shut it down for noise violations.
A press conference on Wednesday brought out reporters from most major local media, bringing awareness to a growing campaign against illegal and excessive after-hours nightclub noise in the Centro.
Fifteen bars and restaurants in the Centro Histórico are on notice for noise offenses, members of the Urban Development Commission told Milenio Novedades.
Another nightclub was shut down after city authorities said it was in violation of Municipal Civil Protection regulations.
The city’s director of tourism and economic promotion has joined the chorus of those demanding that restaurants and bar turn down their music.
The leader of the city’s restaurant trade group expressed concern that new regulations could affect restaurants that have been expanded into public parks.
In the middle of the noise conflict between neighbors and bars in the Centro Histórico, an unlikely place was the source of blaring electronic music.
Nightclub noise isn’t just a residential issue, it’s bad for tourism, said the president of the local branch of the Chamber of Commerce.
Banners hanging on more than 200 Centro houses represent a plea for peace and quiet that their streets were once known for.
A candidate hoping to reclaim his role as the city’s mayor is acknowledging that noise is a problem in the Centro.
Residents frustrated by businesses that illegally flood their neighborhoods with noise have a friend in Olga Moguel, a cultural promoter, owner of the Amaro restaurant and cultural center as well as a candidate for political office.
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