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Residents, business owners clash over Village of the Arts noise rules; council schedules workshop
Summary
Property owners, musicians and business operators urged the City Council to restore the pre‑2017 noise ordinance and rezone parts of the Village of the Arts from T4R to T4O. Multiple speakers said Cottonmouth Southern Soul Kitchen is being singled out; the council agreed to hold a workshop to examine zoning and noise‑control policy.
Dozens of residents, business owners and arts‑district stakeholders urged the Bradenton City Council on Sept. 24 to change zoning in the Village of the Arts and to restore an earlier noise ordinance, saying current rules are harming small businesses while others told council enforcement is needed.
Multiple speakers — including longtime residents and business operators at Cottonmouth Southern Soul Kitchen, music promoters and Village property owners — asked the council to return to the pre‑2017 sound limits and to rezone large swaths of the Village of the Arts from the current T4R (residential mixed‑use) designation to T4O…
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