Loud Music, Revving Your Engine Could Cost You

Drivers in Waynesville may soon be fined for revving motors or listening to loud music.

According to Waynesville police, authorities have received complaints about noise from residents, visitors, and business owners in the downtown area along Main Street. Because of the close proximity of the buildings along Main Street, loud automobiles, motorcycles, and music are extremely loud in the limited environment. With the number of calls that officers from the Waynesville Police Department have to respond to each day, we are asking the community to please assist us in controlling this issue so that we can continue to prioritize our law enforcement efforts on more serious criminal matters that require our officers' attention. Daytime/evening sound levels (between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.) may not exceed 60 dB(A).

Sec. 26-111. - Prohibited.
𝘕𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺, 𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥, 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰, 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘊𝘋 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 30 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.
𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 30 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰, 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘊𝘋 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦.
𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦.

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