AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
AGENDA DATE: March 7, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
DCM: Bryan Langley
SUBJECT
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Consider a request for an exception to Section 17-20 (d) of the Noise Ordinance for the purpose of hosting the Ashes 420 Festival, a music festival hosted by Ashes Smoke Shop. The event will be held in the parking lot at 420 S. Carroll Blvd., on Thursday, April 20, 2017, from 11 a.m. to midnight. An exception is specifically requested to increase sound levels from 70 to 75 decibels, and for an extension of hours from 10 p.m. to midnight.
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BACKGROUND
This is the third year Ashes Smoke Shop has hosted the festival in Denton. The 2017 event includes vendor booths and live music featuring several local performing artists. The festival supports Denton's artistic culture. Serve Denton and Playworks are being reached out to as the charities they would like to support.
In 2016, the festival reported a total attendance of approximately 1,500, and anticipates increased attendance for the 2017 event.
RECOMMENDATION
During the 2016 festival, the Police Department received seven citizen complaints regarding the noise, and instructed the band to stop playing at 11p.m. After consulting with the Police Department and reviewing the proximity of this festival to multi-family housing, Parks and Recreation does not recommend approval of the noise exception request for the 2017 Ashes 420 Festival.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (Council, Boards or Commissions)
The past two years, the event organizers submitted the application for a special event but is the first time the event organizer have requested an exception to the noise ordinance.
STRATEGIC PLAN RELATIONSHIP
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