The issue is not whether or not the desire of Havana (or any other CC or restaurant) to have outdoor music later is a new concept, or different than has been done in the past, or from what other CC's or restaurants are doing now. The issue is whether the noise level is reasonable, ie, complies with the law; and if it does, it doesn't matter that it may be something new that didn't happen in the past.
No one is justified in having an expectation that no 'changes' - often called 'progress', and granted that depends one's sentiments - can take place; that everything must always stay the way it has always been; or the way it was when they moved here.
For example, I personally preferred the color of the flowers at the roundabout we live next to when we moved here as compared with those we have now; but I didn't have any right to expect that that same color of flower would always be there.
It may be true as has been said that other CC's have not stayed open later than 8 PM - I don't know; perhaps they don't have the desire to, perhaps didn't think that they could - maybe they were told they couldn't; who knows? Regardless, that should not control the decision of other CCs or restaurants to have later outdoor music hours, provided that they comply with the legal noise levels.
The baby boomers (which until recently had been the largest in number generation ever born) were born 1946-1964, so they are now ages 45-63, a pretty young group; as well, even the next prior generation, those born before 1946 are as young as only 64 - still a very active group. Thus, there are many retirees, and many more to come.
So, it should not surprise anyone, whether or not it was the case when they bought here, that the inevitable has occurred; that as more people, some portion of whom desire a night life, move here - and this will increase in the future unless they are discouraged from doing so - there will be businesses who want to accommodate them.
Businesses that are not breaking the law should be allowed to do business, even if it is a change or something 'new'. That is what free enterprise is about, and it is what made our country great.
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