Noise ordinance

When discussing complaints resulting from the Town’s new noise ordinance and how it might need to be updated, public opinion was clearly divided during last week’s Board of Aldermen meeting, but Mayor Pro Tem Bill Apple was clear about where he believes the problem lies.
“I don’t think we have an ordinance problem; we have a compliance problem. I think we have a lack of respect problem,” Apple declared during discussion between Board members and Town Manager Curtis Swisher.
The Board voted 4-1 to update the noise ordinance, recommending that staff raise the fine for violating the ordinance from $250 to $500 and add injunctive relief through the courts where if an establishment violates the ordinance three times in a six month period, the penalty would be that they could not hold live music events outdoors for six months.
For more, see the Tuesday, September 13, 2022 edition.