13 Investigates found just one percent of calls from residents complaining about loud noise end up with a citation issued.
When the pictures on her wall start rattling, that's when Lauren Smith said she knows the music and outside noise in her neighborhood is more than what the City of Houston's sound ordinance allows.
But, the bar only received 24 citations. It's part of a citywide trend where just one percent of calls from residents complaining about loud noise end up with a citation issued. He said several complaints against standard came from an individual who lives a half-mile away from the bar. The changes went into effect in September, and while neighbors and bar or club owners don't agree on much, they do seem to agree that it's not paying off.At Standard Bar, LaCroix also said, "the law is not working."
"We do struggle," Houston Police Department Commander Michael Collins said earlier this year. "Staffing shortages and our code one and two - the priority, the life threatening type of calls - of course those are going to take precedence every time."
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