La Tulipe court ruling forces Montreal to change rules for concert venues [Video]

The City of Montreal says it’s acting quickly to protect music venues after a Quebec Court of Appeal decision earlier this week forced the temporary closure of historic concert venue La Tulipe over noise complaints.

“The judgment surprised us all, and we have to act immediately because all music venues are threatened,” Plateau-Mont-Royal borough mayor and head of the city’s executive committee Luc Rabouin said at a news conference Wednesday.

Rabouin said the borough council would hold an extraordinary meeting Thursday to modify the specific noise regulation the appeal court cited in its decision.

“We will exclude concert venues, bars, restaurants and cultural centres from the application of Section 9, which says no audible noise can be heard from a neighbour,” Rabouin said.

The new rules may not …