What Middlesex County’s new noise ordinance does — and doesn’t — do
The ordinance adopts a distance-based enforcement model (audibility at specified distances) rather than reliance on sound meters; it includes an animal-noise provision, quiet-hour restrictions and carved-out exceptions for permitted events and certain activities. Enforcement is complaint-driven and prosecutions are reviewed by the county attorney.
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The Middlesex County ordinance adopted Aug. 19 uses distance-based rules to determine when sound is enforceable rather than requiring officers to use calibrated decibel meters.
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