NIGHTCLUB MANAGER FINED $100

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 3, 1993                   TAG: 9303030180
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: LAURENCE HAMMACK STAFF WRITER
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NIGHTCLUB MANAGER FINED $100
The manager of a Roanoke nightclub was fined $100 Monday for violating the city's noise ordinance after residents of a apartment complex complained that his music was too loud.
Gregory Dunn, manager of Caesars on Townside Road Southwest, was convicted of the charges in Roanoke General District Court.
Police were called to Caesars late on the night of Feb. 10 after neighbors complained about a band that continued to play loudly despite their requests to turn down the volume.
"The thing that bothered them most was the bass, it was vibrating things inside their apartments," said Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Ann Gardner.
A second charge involved recorded music the night of Feb. 7. In both cases, witnesses testified, Dunn was asked to turn down the music before police were called.
Residents of Summertree Apartments have circulated a petition complaining about their noisy neighbor, but it was not introduced as evidence.
Still, Judge Julian Raney warned Dunn that he would have to be more receptive to dealing with complaints. Raney suspended a second $100 fine.
Dunn was convicted under a ordinance passed by City Council in 1991 that attempts to quiet car stereos, parties and other noisemakers.
Most people charged under the ordinance have been accused of blaring their car stereos so that they could be heard from more than 50 feet away. Dunn was charged under a different section of the ordinance that makes it illegal for nightclubs to generate noise that can be heard across property lines between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.
He could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB