Section
Noise
91.01 Authority
91.02 Loud, raucous, and disturbing noise
91.03 Cooperation of complainants
91.04 Exempted activities
Junkyard Control
91.15 Intent
91.16 Title
91.17 Geographic coverage
91.18 Definitions
91.19 Enforcement officer
91.20 General standards
91.21 Exemptions
91.22 Fencing and screening requirements
91.23 Maintenance
91.24 Registration of preexisting junkyards
91.25 Nonconforming existing junkyards
91.26 Permit required for junkyards
91.27 Enforcement
91.28 Effective date
Abandoned Structures
91.35 Purpose; intent
91.36 Duties of County Manager or designee
91.37 Powers of County Manager or designee
91.38 Standards for enforcement
91.39 Procedure for enforcement
91.40 Methods of service of complaints and orders
91.41 In rem action by County Manager or designee; placarding
91.42 Costs of lien on premises
91.43 Alternative remedies
91.44 Demolition permit and bond
Protection of Private Property
91.50 Trespass while hunting, fishing, trapping, loitering or operating an all-terrain vehicle on private property
91.51 Proof of compliance
91.52 Enforcement
91.99 Penalty
NOISE
This subchapter is adopted pursuant to the authority granted to the Board of Commissioners in G.S. § 153A-133 and for the purpose of regulating the production or emission of noises or amplified speech, music, or other sounds that tend to annoy, disturb, or affect the health and well-being of the citizens of the county.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 6-6-2014)
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons, regardless of number, to willfully make, continue, or cause to be made or continued any loud, raucous, and disturbing noise, which term shall mean any sound which, because of its volume level, duration, and character, annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, health, peace, or safety of reasonable persons of ordinary sensibilities within the limits of the county. The term LOUD, RAUCOUS, AND DISTURBING NOISE shall be limited to loud, raucous, and disturbing noises heard upon the public streets, in any public park, in any school or public building or upon the grounds thereof while in use, in any church or hospital or upon the grounds thereof while in use, upon any parking lot open to members of the public as invitees or licensees, or in any occupied residential unit which is not the source of the noise or upon the grounds thereof.
(B) Penalty. Violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor, and any person convicted of the violation shall be subject to punishment as provided in G.S. § 14-4. Each day a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be subject to monetary fines and injunctive relief as provided in § 91.99 herein.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 6-6-2014; Ord. passed 3-21-2022)
Before initiating a civil or criminal proceeding pursuant to this subchapter, the county, its officers, and staff members, and/or the County Sheriff, shall have the option of requesting the complaining party to sign a sworn statement of the alleged offense and to require the cooperation of the complaining party in court appearances arising from the complaint. Nothing contained in this subchapter shall obligate the county, its officers, and staff members, and/or the County Sheriff, to pursue civil or criminal proceedings hereunder where the complaining party is unwilling to sign the sworn statement and cooperate in court appearances arising therefrom.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 6-6-2014)
Specifically exempted from this subchapter are the following:
(A) All noise generated in the normal day-to-day operations of any otherwise lawful commercial, industrial enterprise or government facility (provided that the noise may only occur between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.), or in the usual and customary activities of civic or community organizations, including holiday observances and any other occasional or ceremonial activities.
(B) All noise generated in the normal day-to-day operations of any otherwise lawful farm.
(C) All noise that would otherwise be considered a loud, raucous or disturbing noise generated by the use of a firearm by the owner, licensee or invitee on the property, provided either:
(1) Said use occurs between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. and is otherwise lawful; or
(2) Said use was essential, in the person's reasonable estimation, for the purpose of lawfully defending person or property from attack, or for disposing of or destroying certain destructive animals, fowl, birds, reptiles or insects that are a menace to public health and have become a nuisance upon the person's premises.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 12-4-2006; Ord. passed 6-6-2014)
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