Sorry, no loud noise on London patios, but country music fans can rest easy about the upcoming Canadian Country Music Week beginning on Sept. 8.

Just as London was preparing for a pilot project to allow live entertainment on patios, a couple of appeals of the zoning bylaw amendment silenced it.

“The appeal . . . about the patio noise bylaw has nothing to do with the noise extension for the stage (on Talbot Street) that was approved by council,” said the London head of Country Music Week Chris Campbell. “They are not related.”

It’s good news for country music fans, but bad news for local bars and restaurants.

The pilot project would have begun Wednesday and run until Sept. 30, spicing up the city’s short patio season.

“It’s not going to affect (us) overall,” said Barking Frog property owner George Anastasiadis, “But I think it might affect the quality of life in London, Ont., not to be able to have the opportunity to go to a patio and listen to live music.”

He’s not the only one with that opinion.

The London Music Office said the temporary bylaw amendment was created because the “inability for any form of amplified music, entertainment or dancing to be featured on patios was identified as being detrimental to the music community, restaurants, venues and music loving citizens.”

The temporary amendment was spearheaded by the Music, Entertainment and Culture District Study with the goal of studying and updating bylaws and establishing best practices.

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