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Resident complaint prompts city follow-up on mosque loudspeaker noise; police say most recent readings are within limits
Summary
A resident complained about morning loudspeaker calls to prayer at a mosque on Schafer Street; police have taken multiple sound-level readings, said most recent measurements were within legal limits, and the council president pledged continued follow-up.
A Dearborn resident raised a public complaint to the City Council about loudspeaker broadcasts from a mosque at 645 Schaefer that she said disturb nearby homes. The council discussed recent enforcement efforts and testing by the police department.
Resident Andrea Unger told the council she had filed five noise complaints over two years, supplied a petition from neighbors and cited the city’s noise ordinance (Article 2, Section 13-43) as the legal basis for relief. Unger said a call to prayer recently played on…
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