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Board adopts amendment to county noise ordinance to add criminal penalty
Summary
On second reading the Currituck County Board of Commissioners approved an amendment to Chapter 9 (Article 2, Sections 9-32 through 9-39) to add a criminal penalty to the county noise ordinance, following a required two-reading process under Senate Bill 300.
The Currituck County Board of Commissioners adopted on second reading an amendment to the county noise ordinance to add a criminal penalty, the board announced at its June 11 meeting.
County legal staff told the board the amendment updates Chapter 9, Article 2, Sections 9-32 through 9-39 of the county code to include a criminal violation provision that is required by recent state guidance. "This is the ordinance that was before you at the last board meeting. It just adds a criminal penalty as a violation to the noise ordinance because pursuant to Senate Bill 300, if there's gonna be a criminal penalty, it has to be within each section of the ordinance," the county attorney said during the second reading.
Why it matters: Senate Bill 300 requires criminal penalties to be explicitly included in the relevant sections of an ordinance when a jurisdiction elects to make a violation criminal. The board completed the statutorily required second reading and adopted the amendment by voice vote.
Process and vote: the ordinance required two readings because of the criminal penalty; after a motion and second, the board voted "Aye" by voice and the motion carried.
Ending: The ordinance amendment will be recorded in the county code as adopted and becomes part of the county—s enforcement options for noise violations.
