City of Augusta looks to change noise ordinance

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) – The town of Augusta’s present noise ordinance was adopted in 2021, it prohibits loud noises from 11 p.m. Sunday via Thursday. On Friday and Saturday, the ordinance prohibits the noise from midnight via 7 a.m.

Commissioner Ben Hasan says some residents have approached him complaining of loud noise throughout the daytime. 

“Within the daytime, , neighbors have their automotive doorways open and sitting there vibrating two or three homes within the neighborhood,” Hasan says. 

He says the residents which have complained haven’t acquired a lot assist from regulation enforcement, due to how the town’s present ordinance is written.

“From regulation enforcement, the response has been that they can not implement it till 11 or 12 o’clock at evening,” Hasan says. 

Commissioner Hasan says the town would possibly have the ability to deal with residents’ considerations from a public nuisance angle. The town’s Deputy Director of Planning Carla Delaney says her division is engaged on the problem. 

“We’re going to take a look at how ordinance 7782 is written to see if we are able to deal with a number of the residential noise considerations,” Delaney says. “We’re going to do a comparability amongst different counties to see how they’re addressing it.”

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