Noise Ordinance
Microsoft app meant to detect bad neighborhoods
….route can be developed for a person taking into account factors that specifically affect a pedestrian….stereotypical thought,” says [councilor E. Martin Jewell]….
STEREOTYPE: a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment.
[Doesn't this fit councilor Jewell?]
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Mom: Son told to ‘drink own spit’ at Richmond Juvenile Detention Center
….staff member told her son to drink his own spit after the boy asked if he could have a drink of water….her son tried to commit suicide – and that she only found out about the incident via a court document….NAACP first blew the whistle on the problems….Why did it have to be brought to our attention by the NAACP?” said [councilor Kathy C. Graziano]….
[How could councilor Graziano not know?]
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School bus lawsuit filed in Richmond
….4-year-old autistic boy has filed a lawsuit alleging that negligence by Richmond school employees allowed her child to be left on a bus in sweltering heat….employees were and continue to be insufficiently trained….seeks $500,000….
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Richmond Police not enforcing noise ordinance
….residents often are awakened after midnight by the incessant pounding….racket disturbs residents of Richmond all over downtown….dozens of complaints….Richmond Police Department and Richmond City Council have really failed….
Seeking a Crime Count
….crime statistics of the City of Richmond on Richmond Police Department’s website….incident reports of these two crimes did not come up when I searched….the three homicides that occurred in Church Hill last month were also not part of the data….Is it possible that Richmond police may be attempting to skew their crime statistics….
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Juvenile Center on Probation
….[Juvenile Detention Center] facility was placed on probation for the second time since 2009….board could move to have the facility’s certification revoked….$344,000 in emergency funds….
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Rattle and Run
Downtown’s bucket drummers come under fire for alleged noise ordinance violations.….residents often are awakened after midnight by the incessant pounding of street percussionists….complaints to Richmond police haven’t deterred the bucket drummers….we seem to be getting the runaround….
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Lawsuit over parade permit denial tossed
parade permit ordinance provided no authority for charging for police escorts….police are entitled to properly charge a reasonable fee to meet the expenses required to maintain public order….not up to a federal court to deny a local government the flexibility of adjusting fees in light of varying conditions….
Samuels-Tyler Nose Ordinances
City of Richmond, Virginia
2011 Aug 27
This report examines the public comments made by Richmond City Council members during the drafting and adoption of two noise ordinances. It identifies well over 100 manipulative, false, inaccurate, misleading, contradictory, unsupported or absurd representations or positions.
Council members Charles Samuels and Bruce Tyler were the principal advocates for the 2010 ordinance. They were also the principal drafters of the 2011 ordinance.
City Council did not actually assign anyone to research or draft either ordinance.
The City of Virginia Beach took 25 days to adopt its current ordinance. The City of Richmond took 550 days. Richmond’s first attempt was so badly flawed that the court rejected it in a highly critical decision.
City Council engaged in a secretive and wasteful approach and produced an extremely permissive and flawed noise ordinance.
August 9, 2011
The Honorable Charles Samuels
Re: Ordinance No. 2011-119. Sound Regulation
Dear Honorable Council Member,
Please tell me the name of the municipality you said you found that produced a sound map of the entire jurisdiction for use in the municipality’s noise ordinance.
Also, please tell me the section of the the Austin, Texas, noise ordinance you said you found that sets 80 decibels as the standard limit in residential districts.
Sincerely yours,
City Hall Review
[Ed. No response received.]
July 11, 2011
The Honorable Bruce Tyler
Re: Ordinance 2011-119 Sound Regulation
Dear Honorable Council Member,
Would you please email to me a list of the reference materials recommended to you or provided to you as a member of the noise ordinance work group.
Sincerely yours,
August 6, 2011
The Honorable Bruce Tyler
Re: Ord. No. 2011-119 – Sound Control – 30 Municipalities
Dear Honorable Council Member,
Please give me the names of the 30 municipalities whose noise ordinances Mr. Samuels said you examined in greater detail at the noise ordinance work group meetings.
Sincerely yours,
C. Wayne Taylor
City Hall Review
To: Ali, Lou B. – Clerk’s Office
Citizens of Richmond should be treated as well as city inmates. The standards for the proposed jail include maximum sound levels much lower than those in the proposed sound regulation ordinance. Read the rest of this entry »
CITY OF RICHMOND SECTION B – PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
RICHMOND CITY JAIL Part 2 – Basis of Design Read the rest of this entry »
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 02:43 PM
To: Ali, Lou B. – Clerk’s Office
Dear Ms Ali,
Please add this letter and the included questions and model ordinance to the official file for ordinance 2011 – 119 (sound regulation).
The questions that are posed reflect what appear to be important deficiencies in the proposed ordinance. The model ordinance attempts to demonstrate that a practical and realistic set of regulations can be drafted in a simple fashion. Read the rest of this entry »
QUESTIONS
Ordinance 2011 – 119 consists of four parts: Part 1 describes and repeals the existing sound regulations. Parts 2 and 3 describe the proposed replacement regulations. Part 4 specifies the effective dates for the ordinance. Listed below are some of the major questions about the ordinance: Read the rest of this entry »