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Nightlife operators tell Raleigh council decibel limits threaten livelihoods in Glenwood South
Summary
Dozens of hospitality managers, employees and industry representatives told the Raleigh City Council during a public hearing that proposed decibel-based limits for amplified sound would be unworkable downtown and would harm workers and businesses if adopted without further testing and clearer enforcement protocols.
Dozens of hospitality managers, employees and nightlife workers told the Raleigh City Council at a public hearing that proposed decibel-based limits for amplified sound would be unworkable in the Glenwood South Entertainment District and could jeopardize livelihoods.
The speakers said the district’s Friday–Saturday peak hours — repeatedly described in testimony as roughly 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. — produce crowd-driven sound levels that the proposed numeric thresholds would put in near-constant violation. John Zimmerman, operating partner at the Village on Glenwood, criticized recent enforcement and the switch back to a decibel system: “That’s not enforcement, that’s selective enforcement,” he said, recounting multiple citations and pending cases he described as unevenly applied.
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