Why we need a noise ordinance
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Diego A. DeCastro
Published: November 21, 2008
The town of Culpeper is considering updating its noise ordinance. For eight years now, I have battled a certain fast food restaurant on this very issue.
I live behind the restaurant, which often puts its drive-through intercom volume on the loudest setting at night. Only one emplyee does this (a lady); the other worker who mans the window is a young man who is very quiet and not loud at all.
Anyhow, this lady’s loud voice can be heard from 6 p.m. until closing time at 1 a.m. All of us who live behind the restaurant have to put up with, “I’ve run out of fries ... Do you want to upsize that? ... Did you say (fill in the blank),” etc.
From time to time I’ll complain and the town will say something to the restaurant. The noise stops for a few days, and then the lady is back at it again.
Maybe if the noise ordinance were implemented, it would force someone to turn down the volume.
Diego A. DeCastro
Culpeper
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Posted by ( rjma ) on November 22, 2008 at 7:36 am
I think everyone agrees that homeowners should not have to be subjected to such auditory atrocities, but there are technical issues involved in noise ordinances that makes their implementation more difficult that it might seem.
What ever the answer I support the right to have a reasonable amount of quiet esp. during the night hours when most people are asleep…or trying to get to sleep. Good luck.
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