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Livingston Parish committee agrees to rewrite noise ordinance after residents report loud neighbor
Summary
Ordinance Committee members heard residents describe repeated loud music and deputies described enforcement limits tied to a decibel-only rule; the committee directed staff to draft an amendment restoring private-residence coverage and easing decibel requirements.
Councilman John Mangus opened the Livingston Parish Ordinance Committee meeting on Tuesday to hear complaints from residents who say the parish’s current noise ordinance leaves them unprotected from loud neighbors.
Mangus said the issue was brought to him by Chester and Tony Wiles, who told the committee a neighbor has played music loudly enough that Chester Wiles can hear it “in my living room” and that deputies have declined enforcement because the parish ordinance requires a decibel reading. "I asked him, would you mind turning your music down? And he told me to go f yourself," Chester Wiles said.
The committee heard from Chad McGovern, Livingston Parish sheriff, who said the current…
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