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DALLAS - A popular bar is duking it out with residents in a South Dallas neighborhood.

Police have been called numerous times to Lee Harvey's at Gould and Beaumont Streets, which is just a few minutes south of downtown Dallas.

The spot id known for good music, which many residents say is too loud.

"I was aware that the bar was here before I moved here, but that is still inconsequential," said resident Chris Jones. "[It] still doesn't give the bar a right to invade my household."

Jones lives a half block away from Lee Harvey's and said despite being insulated by six-inch walls and his garage, he said hear can hear the music so loud and clear he can sing along.

"Essentially, the bar is in our home," he said.

However, some see Lee Harvey's as a good sign for the area. One neighbor in the Cedars district said the once bleak South Dallas neighborhood has changed since he moved in 28-years-ago. While there used to be a mass of vacant lots, the area is now being developed.

"You can still hear it, but it isn't as bad as people make it out to be," said resident Steve Matamoros.

Seth Smith opened Lee Harvey's five years ago and said he has a lot of supporters in the area, and the letters to prove it.

"The overwhelming majority in the neighborhood is in support of us and doesn't have a problem with our music or any of our activities at Lee Harvey's," Smith said.

The bar has received three citations for noise complaints.

"We feel like we haven't really done anything to receive the citation and we plan to contest them," Smith said.

Dallas code enforcement officers measured the noise in mid-July and determined Lee Harvey's was not violating city standards.

Jones said he still disagrees.

"I'm not trying to shut him down at all, [just] trying to keep his music out of my household," he said.

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