Zug,07.01.2009
Two complaints for disturbing the peace
Two complaints for disturbing the peace – the innkeeper at the “Rütli” is in despair. He doesn’t want to just give up, though.
“Even the most docile person can not live in peace if he is not liked by his bad neighbours” wrote Friedrich Schiller in his famous play “”Wilhelm Tell”. And so it is also that the Rütli Restaurant in Zug is the scene of neighbour conflict. The reason: Two house inhabitants have formally launched a complaint with the police against the innkeeper for disturbing the peace. This was end of November.
“I have cancelled my lease for the Rütli Restaurant per end of 2009 as a precautionary measure” says Otto Zenger, who recently celebrated his 30-year anniversary as innkeeper and his 15th anniversary at the Rütli. But it does not mean that he is going to give up his fight for the well-liked neighbourhood restaurant.
Fernando Holzinger, one of the complaint-lodgers, has heard enough. “It can’t continue like this” said the Doctor. “When there is an event with music I can’t even watch television without turning the sound up high – not to mention sleep”. He often complained to Zenger and explained he had to work the next day.
“I have absolutely nothing against a normal restaurant business ” stressed Holzinger. But more as twelve events with music, sometimes til 1.30 a.m., is unreasonable. “I also assume that the innkeeper at the Rütli is obligated to abide by the laws governing noise”.
Noise protection
Three sensitivity levels in Zug
The Zug building code classify the zones into noise-sensitivity levels from II to IV. The building which houses the Rütli restaurant is classified III, which according to Article 43 of the noise protection by-laws allows “moderately disturbing undertakings”.
Source/Media Partner: Neue Zuger Zeitung