Council approves annual permit for Friday family karaoke with coordination required on movie-in-the-park nights

The Orange City Council on July 22 approved an annual special-event permit for weekly Friday family karaoke at Knuckle Sandwich, 475 S. Volusia Ave., while directing the operator to coordinate noise and schedule with the city’s movie-in-the-park events.

City staff said the karaoke nights had operated for a year without formal complaints recorded in staff files, but they noted interference with movie audio during some movie-in-the-park events. The staff recommendation approved the permit subject to existing conditions and added a caveat (condition 12) that the applicant coordinate with staff to avoid projecting sound that conflicts with the city’s movie-in-the-park events at Veterans Memorial Park. The applicant, Michael Stradacchio, explained that Fridays are his busiest nights and expressed concern about being forced to lose a full night’s business; council members urged compromise and proposed practical measures such as asking the operator to reduce volume during movie dialogue or run an acoustic hour during the city’s movie time.

Council approved the permit with the condition that the operator coordinate with staff on movie nights and that staff perform outreach and work to resolve conflicts; members said they would give the arrangement a trial period and enforcement would rely on staff coordination before any permit revocation.