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Middlesex supervisors direct staff to advertise distance-based noise ordinance for April hearing
Summary
After extended discussion about enforceability and recent complaints, the board directed staff to send a draft distance-based noise ordinance — using 50 feet as a measurable standard instead of decibel meters — to public hearing in April and to route it to sheriff and codes enforcement for review.
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors directed staff on Feb. 3 to advertise a draft noise ordinance for public hearing at the board’s April meeting after a lengthy discussion about enforcement, fairness and legal risk.
Supervisor Randy (speaker reference) opened the new-business discussion by saying the county’s existing ordinance had been called into question following a Virginia Beach case. County Attorney (speaker 10) told the board the Virginia Supreme Court required more measurable standards than the previous 'reasonable person' language, and presented two options: measure sound levels with decibel meters (requiring equipment,…
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