I’ve added a set of pages that have what I believe to be the entirety of sections dealing with noise limits from the City of Austin Code of Ordinances. You can access them through the link at the top right of the page. The Title pages contain entire chapters and sections, copied straight from the [...]
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Getting Up to Speed – Relevant Reading
Here is a collection of interesting articles and blog entries that can help catch you up on Austin noise issues if you’re just tuning in. From Austin Contrarian July 28, 2009 – Stacking the deck July 12, 2009 – Shady Grove needs a parking variance June 18, 2009 – Update and clarification on the music [...]
Review of the Live Music Task Force Overview and Recommendations from an Acoustician’s Point of View
I should have started this blog one year earlier, as the LMTF presented their findings and recommendations back in November. Nevertheless, it can’t do any harm to share my thoughts on the Live Music Task Force Report. From an acoustics standpoint, the most important section in the report is Sound Enforcement & Control Subcommittee Recommendations. [...]
Things that are wrong with the Austin Noise Ordinance
Despite undergoing frequent revision due to changing political pressures, the Austin Noise Ordinance is still poorly written. The very fundamental aspects of the ordinance are flawed, written by people attempting to adopt portions of ordinances from other jurisdictions without totally understanding the differences in terms which sound similar but are actually quite different. Here’s what’s [...]
What Is A Decibel?
The first goal of this site is to provide (hopefully) good explanations of acoustical concepts in a community noise. In this post I will try to explain the most basic concepts of measuring sound, since that is where people typically go wrong. A good grasp of the following terms are vitally important to being able [...]
What is the purpose of Austin Noise (.org)?
I created Austin Noise .org to act as a center for discussion specific to noise in Austin. It’s a topic of discussion that is more relevant here than in most other cities due to our rapid expansion and identity as a premier live music location. Following articles and discussions about the noise ordinance, community noise, [...]