HomeMy Public PortalAbout1999-03 City CodeORDINANCE NO. 1999 -3
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6 -146 OF THE
GREENCASTLE CITY CODE
WHEREAS, excessive noise is a serious hazard to the public health, safety and
the quality of life, and
WHEREAS, the citizens of the City of Greencastle have a right to and should be
ensured an environment free from excessive noise that may jeopardize their health,
Welfare or safety, or degrade the quality of life;
NOW, THEREFORE, Section 6 -146 of the Greencastle City Code is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 6-146 Noise.
a. No person shall permit excessive noise or persons of disorderly conduct to
assemble in any house which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the health, peace
or safety of others within the City.
• b. No person shall operate any sound amplification system or any other
machine, device or equipment which produces sound outside of buildings or other
enclosed structures which would disturb the peace or welfare of the neighborhood
between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. An exception may be granted upon
request to the Greencastle Common Council for a specific event.
c. No person shall cause, allow or permit noise, music, and or sounds from any
radio, stereo, or other sound amplification system which is plainly audible at a distance
of twenty -five (25) feet or more from any moving or stationary vehicle.
d. Any person who violates any provision of this section and any person who
aids or assists therein, shall be subject to a fine of twenty -five dollars ($25.00) for the
first citation and fifty dollars ($50.00) for each subsequent citation.
PASSE AND ADOP D by the Common Council of the City of Greencastle,
Indiana this Ch day of 1999.
Nancy A. Mi ael, Mayor
• Presiding Officer
ATTEST:
Pamela S. Jones, Clerk- r asurer
Presented by me to the Mayor of Greencastle, Indiana this o day of
1999 at
2,'� o'clock p.m.
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Pamela S. Jones, C1406asurer
Approved and signed
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by me this St—"day of ,
1999, at 1
Nancy A. i hael, Mayor
ATTEST:
Pamela S. Jones, Clerl - easurer
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