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Pender County tightens noise rules after public hearing; deputies to enforce revisions
Summary
The Pender County Board of Commissioners adopted revisions to the county's noise ordinance to clarify definitions, set enforcement hours and penalties, and add protections for schools and public buildings; enforcement will be handled by sheriff's deputies, officials said.
Pender County commissioners on Tuesday approved a revised noise ordinance that narrows vague language in the county code, establishes specific hours for enforcement and creates civil and criminal penalties.
The new language, presented by Daniel Adams, the county's planning and community development director, replaces subjective terms such as "unreasonably loud" and "disturbing" with defined terms including "affected person," "noise" and "plainly audible." The draft keeps exemptions for animals and emergency operations and expands exemptions for agricultural operations and school functions. The revision also sets 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. as the primary hours for certain types of…
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