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Committee approves sending simplified noise ordinance to public hearing
Summary
The Norwalk Ordinance Committee voted unanimously to send revisions to Chapter 68 (noise) to public hearing. Staff and the police department said the rewritten ordinance simplifies enforcement, removes confusing tables (including a separate Washington Street table), clarifies measurement procedures and sets streamlined penalties.
The Norwalk Ordinance Committee on Oct. 21 voted unanimously to send a rewritten Chapter 68 (noise) to public hearing after staff and police said the existing ordinance was difficult to enforce and overly complicated.
Staff briefed the committee on the rewrite, describing the revisions as simplifications intended to make enforcement clearer and consistent with neighboring municipalities. The changes remove multiple measurement tables (the Washington Street-specific table was deleted and a single…
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