Agenda - Council - 03/24/1998 - Laserfiche WebLink

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! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I AS RESIDENTS OF ALPACA ESTATES, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS ABOUT DIAMONDS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL AND THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD: EXCESSIVE NOISE LEVELS 7 NIGHTS A WEEK UNTILL 10:30P.M. OR LATER. THIS ALLOWS THE RESIDENTS NO RELIEF. ALTHOUGH MR. MARTIN PREVIOUSLY CLAIMED ' THE DISTANCE IS EQUIVALENT TO THREE CITY BLOCKS , I DISAGEE AND FEEL IT IS IRRELEVANT DUE TO THE FACT THAT MOST CITY BLOCKS HAVE NATURAL SOUND BARRIERS SUCH AS TREES AND OTHER BARRIERS LIKE PRE-EXISTING BUILDINGS. THIS CANNOT BE COMPARED TO THE WIDE OPEN SPACE OF A FIELD, WHERE EVEN THE TRAFFIC NOISE OF HIGHWAY 10 CAN BE A NUClANCE. WE ASK THE COUNCIL, SHOULD THIS CONDmONAL USE PERMIT BE ISSUED THAT NO USE OF A OUTSIDE PJ~ SYSTEM BE ALLOWED ON THE PREMISSES, THAT SUFFICIENT SOUND BARRIERS ARE IN PLACE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL ARE KEPT TO THE BUILDING AND DECK AREA ONLY (NOT ON THE FIELDS, BLEACHERS OR DUGOUTS) WE ALSO ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER HOW YOU WOULD FEEL IF THIS WAS IN YOUR BACKYARD. WE AT ALPACA ESTATES LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT A REASONABLE PLACE TO LIVE AND BRING UP OUR CHILDERN. 2. HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTING ILLUMINATING ALPACA ESTATES IS VERY UKELY'A POTENTIAL PROBLEM. THERE ARE THOSE OF US WHO ENJOY TAKING IN THE BEAUTY OF THE STARS.AND FOR MYSELF ONE OF THE REASONS i CHOSE TO LIVE IN THE SUBURBS RATHER THAN THE CITIES. I AM ALSO PERSONALLY CONCERNED DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY BEDROOM AND MY SONS BEDROOM ARE FACING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BALLFIELDS AND DO NOT CARE TO HAVE LIGHT GLARING ON US WHILE TRYING TO SLEEP. 3. INCREASED TRAFFIC AND ALCOHOL RELATED ACCIDENTS ARE ALSO A CONCERN TO THE RESIDENTS OF ALPACA ESTATES. WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE UNNECESSARY ALCOHOL RELATED DEATHS AND PROBLEMS BROUGHT ON BY DRUNK DRIVERS AND THE VIOLENT BEHAVIOR OF SOME OF THE PATRONS. ALTHOUGH OUR POLICE OFFICALS WORK VERY HARD TO CURB THIS PROBLEM AND PROTECT ITS CITIZENS FROM THESE DANGERS, THEIR JOB IS NEVER DONE AND THEIR PLATES ARE FULL FOR THE CITY OFFICIALS TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO THIS PROBLEM AND INVFFE THIS ESTABLISHMENT INTO OUR COMMUNITY IS LIKE THROWING FUEL IN A FIRE. I REALIZE THAT ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE THESE HAVE RIGHTS TOO, AND AS CITY OFFICALS THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF BOTH INTERESTS ..THE STATEMENTS ! HAVE MADE ARE STRONG I ONLY ASK THAT WE GO INTO THIS WITH OUR EYES WIDE OPEN AND FIND A COMPROMISE AND ESTABLISH SOME PREVENTIVE MEASURE TO ASSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNFrY AS A WHOLE. HOW? DIRECT THE TRAFFIC AWAY AND OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE PREMISSES AT CLOSING TIME