Concept for events in the city centre adopted
At its meeting today, the City Council adopted a new concept for dealing with events in Chemnitz with a focus on the city centre.
This creates a basis for action for both the City of Chemnitz and event organisers to establish a high-quality event culture in Chemnitz city centre in the medium and long term. In addition, with a view to the Capital of Culture year 2025, the City of Chemnitz will have the opportunity to utilise the available discretionary powers to allow more events to take place.
The concept includes the number of events in the city centre area that are expected to exceed the generally applicable noise protection guidelines based on experience, so-called rare events. This mainly concerns events with music that extend into the night-time period, after 10 p.m., and therefore disturb the night-time peace.
Previously, a maximum of 14 rare events per year were permitted in the city centre and ten in the other parts of the city. In the new concept, the previous city centre area is divided into three individual event areas. For each of these areas, between ten and 14 events are possible as rare events. In addition, 14 rare events per calendar year can be defined in each of the other districts outside the city centre.