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The intermittent bass this afternoon has been way too loud. I am okay with the actual night-time concerts being loud. However, I cannot function due to the intermittent throbbing bass during pre-concert sound checks like the one this afternoon. Can you limit the noise during pre-concert sound checks?
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Acknowledged City of Alpharetta (Verified Official)
COAADMIN (Verified Official)
We can require that the volume be reduced only if the amphitheater is violating the noise ordinance. The section of the ordinance that is applicable to the amphitheater states as follows:
"In places of public entertainment having a capacity of five thousand (5,000) or more persons, it shall be unlawful to create or permit to be created any noise that exceeds an average of ninety-five (95) dBC in any ten-minute period from 7:00 a.m.--12:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. for events commencing on Friday or Saturday. The sound level limit for all other times shall be fifty-five (55) dBC. The sound shall be measured at a point which is found by traveling a straight line distance from the center of the sound board through the center rear of the facility a distance of five hundred (500) feet or to the property line of the facility, whichever is less. The measurement assumes that the sound board is not more than one hundred (100) feet from the center stage. The 500-foot measurement shall be reduced one (1) foot for each foot that the sound board is more than one hundred (100) feet from center stage."
(Ord. No. 576, § 1, 10-3-05)
If you believe that the ordinance is being violated, please call the non-emergency number for our Department of Public Safety (678-297-6300) so that a police officer can be dispatched to take required sound readings. While we have police personnel on-site during shows, including one person who is able to monitor sound levels throughout performances, police personnel are not generally on-site during setup and early sound checks.
Vidya Kotval (Registered User)
Officials please help!
City of Alpharetta (Verified Official)
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