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Curitiba councilors changed the text of the Quiet Law. If sanctioned the text, bars, restaurants and snack bars will no longer be fined for using televisions and low power equipment to compose the ambient sound of their establishments. With 29 votes in favour, the substitute proposal drawn up by councilors Alexandre Leprevost (Solidariedade) and Pier Petruzziello (PP) was approved.

The text amends municipal law 10.625/2002 to prevent the application of fines for “divergence of understanding about entertainment”. Today, only those establishments with an entertainment license, intended for activities potentially causing noise pollution, can have televisions and sound equipment. Leprevost and Petruzziello argue that restaurants and snack bars that use mechanical sound to compose the environment cannot be compared to concert halls and nightclubs, hence the importance of exempting them from this requirement.

The substitute creates the figure of “sound for the composition of environments such as the low-emissions sound system”, characterized by the use of televisions, low-power speakers and similar, distributed in the internal area of ​​the establishment. This serves to restrict the sound and meet the limits provided for in Article 5 of the law. “Everything is not allowed, you have to respect the decibels and the novelty does not apply to live sound”, explained Pier Petruzziello.

“The main intention is to regularize the situation of the city’s restaurants and snack bars, which are mostly irregular today. If the inspectors arrive and demand the entertainment license, they can fine these establishments, even if the business complies with the requirements of the Sanitary Surveillance, Firefighters and Urban Planning, just because of a sound box”, reinforced Alexandre Leprevost. The parliamentarian pointed out that the issue of this special license, intended for entertainment activities, is complicated and bars that tried to obtain it had their request denied.

The second round of the proposal will be held on Tuesday (15). Afterwards, it goes to the mayor’s sanction. Only then does the average begin to take effect.