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Mount Vernon residents press council on loud-summer noise; council cites existing ordinance and enforcement gaps
Summary
A resident asked the council to set evening noise limits; council members said Mount Vernon already has a 24-hour noise ordinance but acknowledged enforcement gaps and agreed to research petitions or minor time adjustments.
Terry Ann Lee, a Mount Vernon resident, urged the City Council on Jan. 22 to adopt stricter noise rules after recurring loud music in warmer months disturbed her neighborhood.
“Every summer … the music, the loud volumes up,” Lee said during public comment, and asked the council to consider a citywide ordinance that would require music to be turned down between 9 p.m. and 7:30…
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