Still no new noise policy in the Plateau
Closure of La Tulipe had sparked promises of a new noise policy in the Plateau and in the city as a whole, but it’s difficult to find a happy medium. Should developers be stopped from building residential spaces adjoining bars and venues? Or should people simply have the common sense not to move in close to lively streets if they don’t want to be woken by revellers in the night?
Tim S. 13:24 on 2025-05-30 Permalink
There probably should be an official “noisy” area status that real estate agents/landlords be required to disclose. Visiting a place at 11AM on a Sunday morning tells you nothing about how noisy it will be at midnight on Friday.
P 14:17 on 2025-05-30 Permalink
Still can’t believe what happened to La Tulipe. That neighbor who caused all this should have had his name and face plastered all over town and should have been made in a pariah until he stepped down and sold and moved away.
It shouldn’t take much more of a policy than “if you live near a music venue, there will be noise.”
Kate 15:30 on 2025-05-30 Permalink
La Tulipe should have had the same protected status that the Monument National has. The “mistake” that allowed someone to move into a space that should never have been zoned residential should be examined to figure out exactly what was going on there.
Joey 19:42 on 2025-05-30 Permalink
I’m not sure how it happened, but we seem to have tacitly decided that we’ll tolerate noise pretty much everywhere we shouldn’t (transit, movie theatres) and not where we should (clubs, theatres).
Kate 14:22 on 2025-05-31 Permalink
Joey, that’s an excellent point.