§ 20-35. Maximum permitted sound level.  


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  • In addition to the requirements of section 20-34, above, and except as otherwise provided herein or in conjunction with special events permits, it shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons, regardless of number, to willfully make, continue or cause to be made or continue 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 City of Hendersonville. 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.

(Ord. No. 00-1170, § 1, 11-9-00; Ord. No. 12-1236, § 1, 12-6-12; Ord. No. 15-0957, § 1, 9-3-15)