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Council member withdraws proposed ordinance on motor-vehicle noise in residential zones
Summary
Council member Ellis withdrew BL2025-955, an ordinance that would have amended the Metropolitan Code regarding motor vehicle noise within residential zoning districts after concerns that police cannot determine zoning at a parcel level.
Council member Ellis withdrew BL2025-955, an ordinance to amend Section 9.20-020 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws to address motor vehicle noise within residential zoning districts.
Ellis said the bill had been discussed in the Transportation Infrastructure Committee and that “the MMPD patrol officers do not have the ability to check the zoning type of a parcel.” After that discussion, Ellis announced she would withdraw the bill rather than defer it indefinitely: “So instead of my original intention to defer it indefinitely, I am going to, be withdrawing this bill.”
The transcript indicates the bill had previously been discussed in committee; the sponsor cited enforcement limitations raised there as a reason to withdraw. The meeting record does not show a motion to formally vote on the ordinance, nor does it record additional debate or a substitute measure. The transcript does not specify whether the sponsor intends to revise the proposal or pursue alternative enforcement mechanisms.
Because the sponsor withdrew the ordinance at this meeting, no ordinance amendment or enforcement change took effect from this action.
