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Council approves change to noise ordinance to deploy noise-camera trailers and establish citations for motor-vehicle noise
Newport City Council · June 12, 2024
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Summary
The council amended Chapter 8.12 to enable use of mobile noise-camera trailers to measure motor-vehicle noise, with an initial warning period during calibration and planned $250 citations for violations once enforcement commences. Residents raised additional noise concerns such as leaf blowers.
The Newport City Council voted to amend the city's noise abatement ordinance (chapter 8.12) to make it easier to enforce excessive motor-vehicle noise and to permit the use of mobile noise-camera trailers.
Councilor Romley described the program as a technology-assisted enforcement tool:…
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