Residents who live near Track 29 say loud music from concerts at the site can be oppressive.IN OTHER BUSINESSAlso Tuesday, the council:• Approved a $4.7 million contract with Nashville-based Environmental Abatement Inc., to demolish the former Harriet Tubman public housing site. All three bids to tear down all 440 apartments came in high. Environmental Abatement Inc. was the lowest bidder at $4.3 million, with a $400,000 contingency amount.• Approved a nearly $300,000 agreement with Alta Planning + Design to build a protected bike lane and greenspace in St. Elmo on Virginia Avenue.
Chattanooga City Council plan to allow higher noise limits in certain parts of downtown.Chattanooga city attorneys asked the City Council on Tuesday to decide if 13 revisions should be made to the sound ordinance by casting what appeared to be a secret vote.
But after multiple questions from the state’s open records counsel over whether the meeting and methods were legal, City Attorney Wade Hinton asked council members to offer their amendments publicly at next week’s council meeting.
City officials have pushed the revisions that would allow businesses with permits to crank up their music during specified hours. Supporters say the new rules could boost nightlife and the music industry in a defined area downtown and in the Southside, while creating better enforcement to control the sound levels.
The revised ordinance was introduced after Southside residents complained for more than a year about the noise at the popular music venue Track 29.