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Council public safety committee opens discussion on downtown noise-map petition to Pennsylvania LCB; seeks more data
Summary
Resolution 20 would petition the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to exempt a downtown area from certain LCB rules so the city can enforce its noise ordinance; committee asked police and tax-office staff to compile licensee lists and legal liaison to prepare options and left the resolution in committee.
Harrisburg’s Public Safety Committee discussed Resolution 20 on April 8, a proposal to petition the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (LCB) to exempt a defined downtown area from LCB rules on amplified music so the city’s own noise control and abatement ordinance can be enforced in that area.
Commissioner Thomas Carter and Captain Terry Wheeling of the Police Bureau’s Criminal Investigation Division appeared to describe the proposal and historical enforcement. Captain Wheeling reviewed the ordinance’s history and the downtown boundary under past maps, explained the…
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