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burn1986....there are no county permits required. He has Texas and National business licensing. Food permits were received whenever food had been sold or served.
Maricela Rendon’s former picturesque surroundings in rural Montalba are now home to a motocross racetrack.
“It used to be beautiful out here, like something out of a postcard,” Rendon said. “We come out to this quietness, then all of a sudden we have this.”
A motocross track was built on the land adjacent to Rendon’s about five years ago. But last January, a new owner bought the track and she said it’s busier and much more noisy. Sometimes, Rendon said, patrons even ride and camp out on her land.
“My son has seen headlights of a vehicle, we go out there, like what are they doing over here,” Rendon said.
Rendon and more than 15 nearby property owners are suing the owners of Pure MX Park.
Robert Thackston is one of those landowners; he’s also the attorney representing them in the suit.
“We don’t want to all lose the value of our land and lose the enjoyment we used to have being outdoors,” Thackston said. ”Texas law is pretty clear; you can’t use your land in a way that completely interferes with someone else’s land.”
“It’s been a struggle for us; we don’t have a lot of money,” said Doni Wanat, co-owner of Pure MX Park “When we bought this business, we put everything we had left into it.”
Wanat owns the park with his wife. He said they didn’t talk to nearby land owners before buying the track, but they did check into zoning regulations.
“We noticed there wasn’t any houses close to the track and (we talked) to the previous owner and (he didn’t have) any complaints,” Wanat said.
Wanat said the park attracts business from all over the country, and it’s open fewer days a year than under the previous owner.
“We’re just going to have to do what we can to fight through it and hope the the community and people who believe in property rights in the State of Texas will come to our side,” he said.
“I really hope we can shut it down,” Rendon said. ”It’s unfortunate that it’s come to this, but sometimes we have to speak and say what we want.”
Does Ms. Rendon sound like a passive participant to you?
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But what youre asking for isnt possible, its too late for that it seems
I give up. This is an isolated incident involving a rogue lawyer who likes to sue his neighbors for fun in his spare time. Sound isn't a problem, heck, it's only 80db at the fence line. The moral of this story is as long as you don't live within 2 miles of a lawyer your motocross track will be fine. Carry on everyone, nothing to see here.
That being said, as long as dirt bikes are ridden, there will be noise of some sort. What the atty hears is background noise. It is no louder than traffick, a neighbor's lawn mower from 300 yards away, a tractor bailing hay, or a donkey neighing (yes, I hear them at my house). The background noise is just different from what is expected and that pisses him off. Solution? Spend a whole bunch of $ and fight it in a court of law.
Stew
I prefer to put the onus on the riders themselves who don't repack and/or don't use 94 db inserts. Additionally there is no sound testing to speak of in AMA Amateur MX.....in 2011 the OEMs have 94 db bikes but without testing, what is the point?
What is to keep racers from taking apart their stock OEM muffler and opening it up?
Also to the rest of you guys who say if it wasn't sound it would be something else I think that rationale is lame. You are the guys who also say "well the track was there when they moved in, etc. etc."
I'm surprised at tracks like Star West and Barona Oaks are still open with their "we don't care about sound....we were here first attitudes: to tell you the truth.
Hey rock, are the pipes tested at wide open yet for that 94db? or what would they be at wide open? Thanks
miedsoracing1-94 db is a static test, 4500 RPMs for 450s and 5000 RPMs for 250s. The 2 M Max is not really a wide open test but a quick full throttle turn and a max reading is taken. The limit is 115 db in FIM GP with no variances for readings over 115. A general statement is "most" bikes that pass 94 db will pass the 115 db 2 M Max test. In a perfect world we'd have 91 db as the standard for the static and 110 db to 112 db for the 2 M Max. Every three db drop cuts the distance the sound travels in half.
Instead of hyperbole Nico Izzi's practice track in Georgia came within a whisker of being closed to due noise. His father Nario got the city and the AMA involved and sound inserts and making sure the people coming to their track didn't have worn out packing saved the day.
Funny that all of the other reasons you list "too much dust - too much traffic to and from the track - damage to the environment due to erosion - damage to the water supply do to run off - damage due to gas being spilled - damage due to exhaust fumes Etc Etc etc" have never come up and the track remains open due to the sound issue being addressed.
Why haven't your laundry list of items been used against the track? Probably because most (not all) people don't give a flying &^&k about what other people do as long as it doesn't affect them.
Instead of hyperbole Nico Izzi's practice track in Georgia came within a whisker of being closed to due noise. His father Nario got the city and the AMA involved and sound inserts and making sure the people coming to their track didn't have worn out packing saved the day.
Funny that all of the other reasons you list "too much dust - too much traffic to and from the track - damage to the environment due to erosion - damage to the water supply do to run off - damage due to gas being spilled - damage due to exhaust fumes Etc Etc etc" have never come up and the track remains open due to the sound issue being addressed.
Why haven't your laundry list of items been used against the track? Probably because most (not all) people don't give a flying &^&k about what other people do as long as it doesn't affect them.
zookrider-Yes tracks closed when two strokes prevailed but nothing to the extent they have in our 21st century four stroke world.
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Until then, let's Not give this Queen any help. They say he monitors the boards.
Let's stick together and support Montalba and Doni.
Maybe the judge will see what this guy is trying to do and slap him down and make him pay all of Doni's costs.
Seriously, i have 12 acres that i own and i'll do what i freaking want on it! They don't like it, buy my land and send me on my way, then they can do whatever they want with it, i.e. put a basic texas pasture on a postcard! As one guy mentioned in another thread, i feel it's postcard worthy now that there is a beautiful track on it! How you like them apples!
I live 1/2 mile from a gun range and if me or my neighbors didn't like it we would freaking move. I live a half mile from a little mexico compound thing and i hear merry-go-round music every saturday night. Do i like those issues?? No. Are they causing me harm and ruining my quality of life?? Heck no!
Dirt bikes won't ever be quiet, and they won't ever be clean, they won't ever be "unoticable" as you apparently think they should be so get over it.
The only person that has a leg to stand on here is the lady with the land next to the track. If people have been riding and camping on her land and they would not leave when told to, then and only then should she file a lawsuit.
I realize this ain't the way it is, this is the way it should be!!!
i think you have it backwards. If everyone that rides MX, like me and grapeape, and had quiet bikes, there still would be multiple tracks that WERE closed due to sound, left around and still being used today. Then we could worry together about all those other issues that you guys keep bringing up like errosion, dust etc. You know, things that haven't closed multiple tracks.
Offroaders get it.
"The only person that has a leg to stand on here is the lady with the land next to the track. If people have been riding and camping on her land and they would not leave when told to, then and only then should she file a lawsuit."
Simply not true. Why will a police officer visit if you are blasting your stereo on your land inside your house?
Dirt Rider has taken a strong stand on the noise issue, and we are always looking for better solutions. The dB Snorkel is just that: a fresh idea in quieting down two-strokes. It is simple, effective and retails at a very reasonable $85. The biggest drawback to the dB Snorkel could be its looks, but if it bugs you when you ride, the bigger problem is you looking at your muffler instead of the trail. Its conspicuous appearance is also a great way to kick off a conversation about sound issues. But we'll dock it for fashion, on principal.
The instructions are huge, like blueprints for a house, but they are easy to follow. Install time will range from 30 minutes to an hour. The trick is to get the snorkel's hard parts to clear the brake caliper and attach securely to the muffler; this process was simple on our FMF Q. It fits on the end of most two-stroke mufflers with a circumference close to 971/48 inches and seals securely with a series of hose clamps and brackets.
With the help of DR friend Charlie Williams and his KTM 300 EXC, which sounded in at 94 decibels with fresh silencer packing, we bolted up a dB Snorkel; his bike now tests at 82.3 decibels. On our KTM 200 EXC, we went from 92 decibels down to an astonishing 78 decibels. These bikes were so quiet that you do not actually hear the exhaust note any longer but rather the growl of the intake and the tinging inside the expansion chamber. Having a pipe shield damps the noise even further.
So it has to kill performance right? Well, in actuality, you can't even feel a difference in normal trail-riding situations, and this was a big surprise. Even when holding the bike wide-open for some long runs on roads, it was hardly noticeable, and it withstood all the abuse we put it through. Although it weighs in at 2 pounds, you hardly feel it was there while riding the bike. It has the added benefit of making it really hard for water to enter the muffler. Some goop will accumulate on the Snorkel, but it wipes right off with degreaser.
Right now, the dB Snorkel is only recommended for two-strokes. The manufacturer has not done enough testing on four-stroke bikes, whose exhaust is hotter (and louder-we really need it for these!) than a two-stroke's. Hopefully the company will have a unit for them out soon. -Jimmy Lewis
An elected judge is not going to shut down a viable business because of a handful of bandwagon "neighbors" complaining about something that causes no injury in fact. the land value argument doesnt work in rural areas and the same goes for the noise complaint to a certain extent. as long as they have adequate legal support they will be fine.
Hopefully, the AMA and other big organizations chime in here.
Montalba is an undiscovered treasure for those that havent been there. After the supercrossification of Whitney happened, this became my favorite track in all the land. All of us in the region have an interest in keeping it open.
carry on
It should give them the closest reputable sound expert. There's also a .pdf file on that page with every independent consultant in the States listed. Tracks will need someone on this list to refute legal sound issues.
As long as bikes make noise at any level, there will always be someone who will complain. The reality is, no matter how loud the "We need quiet bikes" crowd screams, the truth of it is that having quiet bikes that will make the classic asshole neighbor happy ain't going to happen anytime soon. I am not sure why some can't deal with that reality.
As we work toward quieter bikes we need to protect our rights - yes, it costs money and takes time, but hanging on to the myth that if we just had quiet bikes we would all be fine, without making any other effort to protect your rights, will just lead to more tracks being shut down...
Will quiet bikes solve all of our problems...no. Will quiet bikes remove the central issue that is used against us.....absolutely.
Course those of you that disagree are welcome to work on your rights to have loud bikes...good luck with that!
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