Uproar over noisy venues in Lynnwood
Residents near two popular entertainment venues in the upmarket suburb of Lynnwood have approached the Tshwane metro to put a stop to the late night drunken escapades of patrons.
Stephané Bothma
Deafening heavy metal music, drunken shouting and vomiting on pavements are but some of the complaints against two entertainment venues in upmarket Lynnwood.
Residents have now petitioned the Tshwane metro to step in.
They said they were tired of the noise into the early hours of the morning emanating from mostly Chivas Rock but also from Lucky Rodrigo – both situated in The Hillside.
“The petitioners at this stage do not want to close the venues, but want the owners to adhere to their licence agreements and to keep their patrons off the pavements around the clubs,” said DA councillor Siobhan Muller.
Both petitions deal mainly with noise pollution.
Muller said Chivas on the corner of The Hillside and Roderick streets only had a licence to play “light background music for ambience”, but often hosted loud heavy metal bands.
She said the bulk of petitioners were from the Lynnwood Oord, a retirement village situated close by with a frail care centre and a medical step down facility.
Residents of a block of flats opposite the club were also tired of all-night noise made by “drunken” patrons until after 04:00 in the morning, Muller added.
She said the problem raised by petitioners about Lucky Rodrigo Pub and Restaurant on the corner of The Hillside and Alpine Way mainly concerned the fact that patrons move out onto the pavements where they continue drinking and making noise.
“The petitioners want the owners of the two establishments to keep their customers inside their premises and to keep the noise down as much as possible,” Muller said.
It is believed the metro had already been in touch with Chivas about the petition and the owner had subsequently taken steps to sound-proof the popular late-night venue.
“Lucky Rodrigo is a lovely restaurant and venue and residents only want patrons to adhere to rules and stay within the premises – not spill over to the pavements outside the retirement village,” Muller said.
She however lashed out at the way the metro’s petition committee had handled the petitions, saying petitioners were being penalised for the actions of the committee.
“In this case for instance, the metro’s petition committee only saw the one petition – the one against Chivas – as they had failed to turn the page over to see the second petition about Lucky Rodigro,” Muller said.
“It is very unfortunate that we as councilors are being ignored when there are petitions for our constituents. I was not invited to attend the preliminary hearing, neither was I called to attend the competitions committee hearing,” Muller told the council at last month’s general council meeting.
As councillor, she was the one who had handed the petitions to the council on behalf of her constituents.
At the time of going to print, neither the owner of Chivas or Lucky Rodrigo could be reached for comment.
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