File #: ORD 19-021    Version: 1 Name: Noise ordinance amendment
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/1/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/27/2019 Final action: 8/27/2019
Title: Consider an amendment to Section 15-3-3 - Noise permit for Mass Outdoor Social Gatherings, to the Code of Ordinances City of Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Attachments: 1. Memorandum, 2. Current ordinance reflecting recommended amendments, 3. Executed ordinance
Related files: ORD 16-081, ORD 17-022

Subject:

Title

Consider an amendment to Section 15-3-3 - Noise permit for Mass Outdoor Social Gatherings, to the Code of Ordinances City of Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Body

Presented By:  Chris Brown, City Attorney

Recommendation and Review

Consider proposed amendments to the City’s mass outdoor social gathering ordinance.  The proposed amendments would require the sponsor designate a pick-up and drop-off location for taxis, transportation network companies (such as Uber) and private vehicles, and to have a plan to safely and efficiently disperse attendees at the termination of the event.  The proposed amendments would also clarify that a judicial finding of facts sufficient-deferred would constitute a violation of the ordinance for purposes of determining past compliance and added underage possession of alcohol and illegally providing alcohol to underage individuals at the event as disqualifications for a permit for a mass outdoor social gathering.