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Sykesville council votes 6-1 to introduce amendment expanding noise rules on public property
Summary
The Town of Sykesville voted 6-1 to introduce Ordinance 2025-02 to extend noise regulation to public property (sidewalks, parks, rights-of-way), schedule a public hearing for March 24 and consider suggested changes including shortening the long-duration threshold and removing a written-warning requirement for sanctioned events.
The Town of Sykesville council voted 6-1 on March 10 to introduce Ordinance 2025-02, which would add new rules to the town code regulating noise generated on public property and to schedule a public hearing and adoption for March 24, 2025.
The ordinance as introduced would apply to sound produced on public property — including sidewalks, parks and public rights-of-way — between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. It would not regulate noise originating on private property during those hours. The measure establishes four categories: short-term amplification (defined in the draft as noise lasting less than 10 minutes), long-term amplification (noise continuing more than 10 minutes), disruptive practices (for example, deliberately shouting over someone exercising free-speech rights), and amplified sound…
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