Tuesday, November 13, 2007
VM to monitor noise level of uptown bar
ASIDE from the Cebu City executive department keeping tabs of Pump 2’s noise level, Vice Mayor Michael Rama will also drop by the establishment unannounced even in the most unholy hour.
He told reporters yesterday that since Mayor Tomas Osmeña already gave instructions on Pump 2, and even met with the owner of Hotel del Carmen, he no longer made true his promise to send personnel to inspect the resto-bar.
“The mayor has taken it up at his level. I do not want to be doing it (anymore), primarily because the matter has been addressed at by the executive (department already),” Rama said.
Customers’ plaint
Earlier, the mayor warned establishments not to create “undue disruption” on neighbors.
He made the warning after several Hotel del Carmen customers reportedly checked out because of blaring sounds from Pump 2, which is across the street.
Hotel de Carmen owner Joy Cabay sent several letters to the City Government, complaining against Pump 2’s loud music. She said she lost several customers because of the noise.
Pump 2, which opens from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., is behind Mango Square Mall along Gen. Maxilom Ave. It started operating only this year.
The mayor has arranged for the hotel management to “send me a text message when it’s noisy and that would be the time I would go there.”
Taken care of
Rama considered the matter already addressed, but said that “it will not stop me from really going there especially during weekends.”
He said that since he also goes out at night to meet friends and other people, he will find time to check on Pump 2 to see if it has cut down the noise.
The City’s anti-noise ordinance requires activity organizers to lower the volume of the sound system to not more than 40 decibels starting 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following day, in order not to disturb neighbors.
But Osmeña, in a earlier interview, also asked civilians and tourists to adjust to Cebu City’s “certain level of noise.”
“They also have to realize that in Cebu City, they can’t have complete silence wherever they go. Try living in New York City, an ambulance or fire truck passes by your residence like every 30 minutes,” he said. (RHM)
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