If ever it's late in the future, should we be dancing quietly in downtown Reno?
While there has been uproar from the business community and even members of the Reno City Council over newly worked on updated business codes, there is renewed concern now about an effort which might be discussed tomorrow to create a new downtown Reno noise ordinance.
A mini packet for agenda item D3 has a category which is titled “Creation of a downtown noise ordinance” including noise from “crowds, bars, nightclubs, outdoor concerts, stereos, vehicles/motorcycles, and generally intoxicated individuals.”
Another box indicates staff is “seeking direction from Council if they would like to move forward with a noise ordinance specific to downtown Reno. This would need to be formally initiated at a future Council meeting and processed as a separate text amendment.”
Business owners, already disappointed with Title 18 passed during the pandemic, which basically prevents loud music after 11 p.m., now fear this new specific noise ordinance.
Several bar owners reached out to Our Town Reno saying it could stifle the vibrancy of downtown, Midtown and Fourth Street, including noise levels from their patio areas later into the night.
Several downtown residents have been complaining of different venues being too loud, including the Jacobs Entertainment Glow Plaza which has become a new venue for outdoor concerts.
