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cowperthwaite OP t1_j9onrls wrote

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>PROVIDENCE − The Providence City Plan Commission has approved a five-story apartment building on College Hill with a storefront on Brook Street on the condition that management or security be on the premises at all times.

>That condition, as well as devices that will monitor the sound level and number of cellphones on the roof, on balconies and in common areas of the would-be building at 116Waterman St., came in response to complaints from the neighborhood association, Ward 2 Councilwoman Helen Anthony and residents that college students will menace the neighborhood with loud parties.

Story and complaints when it was approved at the first stage:

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/23/providence-apartment-development-college-hill-noise-complaints-height-too-tall/10126517002/"

Docs from the project:

https://www.documentcloud.org/app?q=%2Bdata_project%3A"116%20Waterman%20St"

Video of the meeting (Zoom):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgEBj9BQFPQ

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Duff_Lite t1_j9owlpo wrote

Man, I wouldn’t mind sound level monitors on all buildings. Mostly for passing vehicles, however.

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JasonDJ t1_j9to3gc wrote

Ugh yeah.

Maybe I'm getting old but man it's annoying. I used to have a loud stereo system in my first car when I was a teenager, but I'd only really crank it up on the highway.

Now the other day I was at BJ's gas filling up and some dude was blasting music at the gas pump. Like, why? Can you literally not go 5 minutes without everyone in a 300' radius being able to hear your music?

And this wasn't even a kid, it was a grown-ass man in a late-model pickup (with a flatbed trailer).

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