Vocal opposition forces cancellatoin of noise rules meeting

Proposed changes were called “excessive”

La Crosse was going to be a ghost town. 

One that forbid hooting and hollering of any kind 24-7, if some proposed rule changes were to go into place.

The meeting to tackle those changes, however, has been removed from the city council agenda next month after, ironically, strong vocal opposition.

Along with the zero-tolerance on yelling, another proposed rules would have created a 100-foot limit beyond which sound from a stereo or band could not travel beyond a property.

That would have been in effect for the downtown overnight and through the morning, but 24 hours a day in residential areas. 

One council member described the measure as an “overreach” and “excessive.”