The Fredericksburg City Council deferred a vote on a plan to crack down on its downtown noise.
A new amendment to the city’s noise ordinance would set a maximum noise limit for the city’s Downtown Business District. Under the new rules, any noise heard 200 feet from the property would be considered a public nuisance during the daytime.
At night, there would be a 100 foot limit between 11 p.m., midnight during the week, or between 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. on holidays.
The council decided to defer based on what they characterized as “misunderstandings from the public” of the purpose of the new noise restrictions.
Decision on new private school to open at Braehead Manor expected in January [Image: Facebook]
The Fredericksburg City Council recently held a public hearing regarding a request for a special use permit to allow the Brompton Community School to open a new elementary school at the former bed and breakfast site.
Brompton proposes a private school that would teach kindergarten through eighth grade at Braehead Manor, at 123 Lee Drive, at Lee’s Hill, part of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. The school would have 116 students and staff.
The manor, which last used as bed and breakfast in 2018 and has been on the Real Estate market ever since, would have to undergo some interior improvements such as installing exit signs, lighting, improvements to the heating system, and improving persons’