Canberra venues battle over noise complaints
Two Lonsdale Street venues are clashing over noise issues, with the Tipsy Bull restaurant claiming excessive noise from the Hopscotch Bar next door is disturbing its patrons and staff.
The restaurant said the noise from the nearby bar had been recorded at almost double the level permitted in the area.
There had been "multiple occasions" where noise from Hopscotch Bar had been recorded "well above" permitted levels over the last three and a half years, according to legal letter filed to the tribunal on behalf of Tipsy Bull manager Joe Beltrame.
However, Hopscotch Bar co-owner Kate Parkinson questioned the validity of the acoustic tests, saying the only noise complaints it had received since opening had been from Beltrame.
The two businesses are heading to an ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal conference in an attempt to mediate their grievances.
Sheridan Randall, 14th January 2019
