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Noise Ordinance (Adopted Sept. 28, 2010)

City Council adopted this ordinance on Sept. 28, 2010. It goes into effect 30 days after adoption.

Ordinance highlights:

Only applies to businesses that serve alcohol and/or provide live entertainment
City staff pro-actively enforces, as well as investigates citizen complaints
Reasonable person standard used at 100’ from source, with maximum decibel threshold--68dB(A)--to assist in determining unreasonable noise level
Unamplified voice and crowd noise exempted
Discretion to issue Notice of Violation (NOV) as first course of action
Decriminalized—civil offense for first four violations
Criminal habitual violator provision after four or more civil violations within 24 month period
Larger fines in general
$2500 fine for violation of city approved Special Events Permit

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