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Grand Rapids committee asks city attorney to draft ordinance limiting amplified sound near medical facilities
Summary
Interim city attorney presented complaints about amplified sound near health‑care sites and staff concerns about enforcement and First Amendment limits; the attorney offered to draft a narrowly tailored ordinance for committee or Committee of the Whole review, and no formal vote was taken.
The Public Safety Committee discussed whether Grand Rapids should revise its noise ordinance to limit amplified sound near medical facilities after community complaints centered on Cherry Street and Heritage Hill neighborhoods.
Interim City Attorney Strong framed the issue as legally delicate: the city’s existing noise rule prohibits amplified sound louder than average conversational level at 100 feet, but plaintiffs and staff have reported enforcement challenges. Strong cautioned that time‑place‑manner restrictions…
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