OK. A little support! (K-Tel fridays is tonight, by the by. Great fun. Awesome people. Ruling food. Free to get in. Come on out and see what all the fuss is about.) https://facebook/pages/Redballs-Rock-Roll-Pizza-Red-Balls-Pizza/151012518264971 This just in from Michele Willer Allred at the Ventura County Star... Thanks for picking up our story!... Supporters of a pizzeria that has presented Foo Fighters and other musical acts defended the business at a Moorpark City Council meeting. The city recently told the business to turn down the music or face legal action. Residents living near Redballs Rock & Roll Pizza on Princeton Avenue also came to Wednesday’s council meeting, saying they cannot take the noise anymore from bands that play at the venue on nights during the week. The council did not speak or take action on the matter because it was not on the agenda. The owners and city officials have a private administrative meeting scheduled for next week on compliance with city codes. City Attorney Kevin Ennis said the meeting is being held to address complaints by residents and other members of the community about noise. “It’s really an opportunity for staff to meet with the owner and talk through the facts, understand the various issues and try to come to a solution,” Ennis said. Ennis said any results of the meeting eventually could be challenged in front of the Moorpark Planning Commission and City Council. While the owners, David and Petra Vieira, did not speak at Wednesday’s meeting, their supporters talked about the merits of the business. Moorpark resident Stuart Wing said the area has few rock venues. “I hope the city won’t let a bunch of uptight, disgruntled neighbors shut down a unique and enjoyable restaurant and nightclub which brings business to Moorpark. We don’t need another empty building here,” Wing said. Robby Rist, who performs with his band at Redballs every Friday night, said the owners are responsible and do a lot for the community. He said noise complaints for minor things have come before the 10 p.m. curfew. Under Moorpark’s municipal code, “noise disturbances” are prohibited across a residential or commercial property line between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Residents say the music goes beyond that time. Supporters say the city has shut down live music before 10 p.m. and want to know which decibel level is allowed. “The police shut down a charity event they were doing for a local girl with cancer, and the noise complaint was about the people talking on the patio,” Rist said. Rist said the owners received a live-music permit and repeatedly have asked city officials to give them an acceptable decibel level for the music but have been “greeted with ambiguity.” Several customers who travel to Redballs from Los Angeles, Carson, Malibu and other areas said they now regularly go to Moorpark to see concerts and then frequent other businesses while in town. Other speakers said other businesses, including a car repair shop, as well as trains traveling on a nearby track, bring more noise to the area than Redballs. In response, residents living near the business said the train runs intermittently, but noise from bands continues from 7 p.m. and often past the curfew every night. Moorpark resident Yvonne Franklin said the music is so loud that she can hear it with her dual-paned windows and doors closed and her television turned all the way up to drown out the sound. She said she wakes up early to go to work and that the music prevents her from getting to sleep. “I want the city of Moorpark to enforce its ordinances. Otherwise, I and others like me will lose the peace, quiet and enjoyment of our home,” Franklin said. Hildy Carpenter, another nearby resident, said she met with the owners before they got their permit for live music and was assured they would make every effort to curb noise coming across the street. “Unfortunately, that did not happen. I have no interest in shutting down Rock & Roll Pizza. None of us do. What we do want is have the business adhere to the noise ordinance codes,” Carpenter said. Steve Gunner, who performs with the band Creedence Clearwater Revisited, said the business could look into soundproofing and the city could look at alternatives such as sound walls. He opposed telling the business to turn down the sound. “It defeats the purpose,” Gunner said. “Rock ’n’ roll is loud. Take that away, and it’s not rock ’n’ roll.”
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 23:31:05 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015