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BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
City Council appeals decision limiting co ee shop’s live music
Live music lives on at Tantra—a locally owned co ee shop and live music venue—after San Mar- cos City Council appealed a planning and zoning decision on Nov. 19 that would limit noise levels at the business. How we got here The city’s planning and zoning commission approved a conditional use permit, or CUP, on Sept. 24 to allow on-premise consumption of mixed beverages but limit all outdoor music to no more than 60 decibels at Tantra. During the Sept. 24 planning and zoning meet- ing, San Marcos resident Lisa Marie Coppoletta spoke out about the “profanities and obscenities” that come from the music at Tantra. “The level of the noise is unreasonable,” Coppo- letta added. Although the CUP was granted, the applicant, owner Je Colasurd, wanted to appeal the condition limiting their music due to “unnecessarily restrictive
"The city of San Marcos prides itself on being a music friendly city and a city which supports small businesses. This decision to drastically lower our decibel limit is a direct contradiction to that message." LINA CLARKE, TANTRA EMPLOYEE
Lina Clarke, a Tantra employee and musician, said the city would lose its only family-friendly music venue if it had passed.
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noise levels. “Remove this crippling rule that would kill this downtown business. [Tantra] is the exact type of business we want in San Marcos. It’s called for in the Downtown Master Plan, it’s what the economic development and downtown redevelopment teams are all working for,” Michel said.
decibel limits,” according to agenda documents. O ering input Page Michel, who attended the Nov. 19 City Council meeting representing the San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce and also spoke on behalf of The Downtown Association of San Marcos, urged the council to restore Tantra’s permit to its prior
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