The police department routinely responds to citizens’ calls to address noise complaints. However, the City’s noise ordinance, as it is currently written, requires subjective judgement by the responding officer because it does not contain measurable sound level thresholds. It is nearly impossible to enforce.
This proposed noise ordinance provides specific permitted sound decibel levels that can be measured with a decimeter, thereby removing officer subjectivity. It also provides time frames for both residential and non-residential properties.