“They went over to talk to Tico Time, and Tico Time told them how much noise they make and ‘We can put up to 10,000 people out there.’ So the people backed out.” “We had some people who (were) ready to buy the place, they were ready to put money down, make an offer,” Robert Shindledecker said. But because of recent issues with Tico Time, they have decided to sell their property. Robert and Grace Shindledecker, neighbors of the Brysons, have owned their property for 39 years. “You know when you’re lying in bed at 2 in the morning and you’ve got the air conditioner on, you’ve got ear plugs and your pillow over your head trying to drown out the noise – we don’t need to live like that.” “All we’re asking, because we know it’s not going away – all we want is to cut down the noise,” Bryson said.

(Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)īryson is asking Tico Time to be more considerate. Some neighbors say music festivals at Tico Time have interrupted an otherwise peaceful life, with noise, public urination and nudity. The pavilion at Tico Time Resort sits along the Animas River. “And if the commission would like to move forward with some type of noise ordinance, we could make sure that we get that right and we don’t get any unintended consequences that would cause only more disputes and concern.” “This gives us a really good opportunity heading into the winter months to really study this matter further,” Stark said. Instead, because it is about the end of Tico Time’s peak season, Stark said the county will study the issue. A noise ordinance could lead to other “unintended consequences,” such as a neighbor filing a complaint against another neighbor for a lawn mower that is too loud. “We can’t get any kind of satisfaction,” Bryson said.Ĭounty Manager Mike Stark said a noise ordinance would be jumping the gun and could set a precedent for neighbors turning on neighbors. The Brysons are upset about loud music that plays every week at Tico Time. Lynn and Judy Bryson, who live south of Tico Time Resort, stand on their porch near the Animas River north of Aztec. He’s really tried to work through it throughout the summer to reduce the number of negative interactions that we don’t want.”īryson said she and her husband have brought up their concerns with county commissioners countless times, including after a concert in May that “was so loud that there were complaints all the way into La Plata County.”īryson said the county is capable of making a noise ordinance, but she suspects the revenue brought into the county from Tico Time is a reason nothing has been done. “The owner has done a lot to try and change and be accommodating but still run his business,” Carter said.

The Brysons say they have tried to get ahold of the owner multiple times to ask that something be done about the noise, but nothing changes.Ĭarter at Tico Time said the owner has installed noise-reducing banners and buffers behind the stage to absorb reverb, limited music volumes at certain times and moved up the fireworks display to an earlier time. Tammie Carter, hospitality manager at Tico Time Resort, drives over the Animas River going from the campground that is located on a mesa down to the festival grounds along the river.

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