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Resident asks committee to audit outdoor music venue permit enforcement after high number of noise complaints
Summary
A public commenter asked the Audit and Finance Committee to review how the city issues and enforces outdoor music venue permits amid thousands of non-emergency noise complaints and inconsistent rules for indoor/outdoor operations.
Ryan Saunders, a resident, told the Audit and Finance Committee on Sept. 17 that he wants the city to audit how it issues and enforces outdoor music venue (OMV) permits after a surge of non-emergency noise complaints.
Saunders said that through August the city had received 16,734 non-emergency noise and alarm complaints and asked the committee to examine who receives OMV permits, how OMV rules differ from other permit types, and whether enforcement responsibility—between Austin Police Department and Code Enforcement—is assigned…
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