Hi All, After calling in a complaint about the exceptionally loud noise last night from
Bowstring, I was quite shocked when Officer Peterson of RPD told me that the Raleigh noise
ordinance was suspended on Aug. 8 due to the city being sued by business owners, and
police were not enforcing any noise ordinance until the new noise ordinance takes effect
January 1st. I sent an email to city council members for verification (and an explanation
if it is true that Raleigh is functioning with NO noise ordinance until January). I
received the following reply from council member Megan Patton:
Hi Susan,
I think there has been a misunderstanding. The noise ordinance was not suspended due to
litigation. The litigation has caused the suspension of a certain night life permit. I’ll
forward this along to the Chief for consideration. It is true that the new noise ordinance
goes into effect on Jan 1st.
Best Regards,
Megan
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Megan Patton
Raleigh City Council, District B