SYKESVILLE, Md. — Sykesville wants its town to remain peaceful and quiet.
In order to make it happen, the town council is considering expanding its local noise ordinances around the clock.
As the law stands now in this small Carroll County town, shouting and other noise considered loud and raucous is banned between the hours of 10pm and 7am.
On private property, noise can't exceed property lines. As for public property, no one 10-feet and beyond should be able to hear it.
Now council members are looking to carry those rules over into the daytime hours between 7am and 10pm.
Here's their newest and latest proposal...
Any public noise potentially impacting another conversation more than 50 feet away, would be a violation.
In cases where disturbing noise persists more than 10 minutes, the distance decreases to just 25 feet.
This includes near traffic right-of-ways, and instances where someone's freedom of expression may be interfered with.
Noise at permitted town events would have to be contained within 250 feet.
Some exceptions apply such as police, fire, and ambulance sirens, or construction work, and for those experiencing an emergency.
The ordinance could be adopted as soon as March 24, when the Council next meets.
Its goal they say is to "preserve peace and good order, to secure persons and property from danger and destruction, and to protect the health, comfort and convenience of the residents of the Town."
To read the ordinance proposal, click here.
