MOULTRIE — County residents would have to turn down the decibels under a noise ordinance under consideration by Colquitt County Commission.
Commissioners could vote on the measure during the Tuesday meeting, which begins at 7 p.m.
The ordinance defines excessive volume and establishes quiet hours at night. The ordinance covers outdoor noise and noise emanating from adjacent units of an apartment, condominium or commercial building.
Earlier this year residents came to a commission meeting to ask for help with a private club on Ga. Hwy. 133.
The residents said that noise from the building, which is rented on weekends for parties, can shake windows at great distances and sometimes goes on into the early morning hours. When officers have responded the partiers turn the volume down, only to turn it up even louder when the officer leaves.
“There were some residents who came and expressed concern about a particular area,” County Administrator Bryan Shuler said Friday.
Since that complaint was lodged, he said, the county’s compliance staff and county attorney drafted the ordinance that will be presented Tuesday for commissioners’ consideration.
“Basically it establishes acceptable levels of audible sound based on the time,” Shuler said. “What we found to be lacking was a specific criteria that could be enforced.”
The ordinance would prohibit noise or sounds plainly audible more than 100 feet from a location from 10 p.m.-8 a.m. on Thursday through Sunday. The maximum allowable distance for sound or noise to be plainly audible from 8:01 a.m-9:59 p.m. is 300 feet.
On Fridays the reduction in noise kicks in an hour later, at 11 p.m.
For apartments and condominiums, the ordinance prohibits noise that can be heard more than five feet between the adjoining walls of an adjacent dwelling from 9 p.m.-8 a.m.
The ordinance exempts law enforcement and other public safety agencies performing public functions, school sporting events including bands, burglar alarms, and church bells or chimes.
Also on Tuesday the commission will reconsider a request to locate a T-Mobile cellular tower on county property on Destiny Road.
Commissioners delayed last month making a decision as several members expressed the desire to look at the proposed location.
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