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  • a. b. c. d. Borough of State College, PA Tuesday, March 26, 2024

    Mar 26, 2024

    ·State College, PA
    Other

    The Borough of State College Noise Control Ordinance, adopted January 19, 1995 and amended by Ordinance 1987 on April 16, 2012, establishes regulations to protect public health, safety, and welfare by controlling excessive and disturbing noise throughout the borough. The ordinance applies to all persons, property, animals, equipment, appliances, instruments, and sound-emitting devices within State College. Key definitions include noise as any sound emitted by a person, appliance, equipment, instrument, device, or animal other than a barking dog, and noise disturbance as unlawful noises that disturb the comfort, repose, or peace of others. The ordinance explicitly does not interfere with more stringent requirements in other applicable rules, regulations, or ordinances, including Pennsylvania's Crimes Code (Title 18) and Vehicle Code (Title 75).

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6/12/2016 San Jose, CA Code of Ordinances

Jun 12, 2016

·San Jose, CA
Other

This San Jose City Code chapter establishes ordinances prohibiting disturbances of the peace, specifically addressing noise violations. The code broadly prohibits any noise that disturbs the peace or is unreasonably loud in a neighborhood, with specific examples including vehicle horns and exhaust systems, engine revving, loud vending calls, and excessive music or vocalization. Additionally, the code requires a permit from the police chief to operate loudspeakers or sound amplifiers that project sound outside buildings or outdoors, with the chief required to make a decision within five working days of application.

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  • 6/10/2016 Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA Code of Ordinances

    Jun 10, 2016

    ·Baton Rouge, LA
    Proposal

    The document establishes Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish noise ordinance regulations, codified in Chapter 2 of Title 12. Section 12:100 prohibits any loud and raucous noise that is offensive to persons of ordinary sensibilities and interferes with public peace, comfort, or property enjoyment. Section 12:101 enumerates specific violations including abusive or vulgar language in public places tending to incite immediate breach of peace; playing radios, phonographs, musical instruments, or sound-producing devices from stationary or vehicle locations at volumes that disturb residents or the public; improper use of vehicle horns except as danger signals; operation of vehicles emitting loud grinding or rattling noise; and discharge of steam whistles or engine exhaust into open air outside permitted circumstances. The current noise chapter was adopted by Ordinance No. 11697 on March 22, 2000, repealing prior noise regulations dating to 1951 and 1962.

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  • Ordinance No. 10. RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE AND QUIET.

    Jacksonville, FL
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  • Local Records

    Akron, OH
    Other

    This document is a webpage directory for the Akron-Summit County Public Library's Local Records collection, listing genealogical and historical resources available to researchers. The collection includes cemetery records from multiple Summit County locations (Mount Peace Cemetery with interment records from 1880–1916, Glendale Cemetery burial records from 1828–1958, and transcriptions from Springfield Township and St. Vincent cemeteries), naturalization records from the Summit County Clerk of Courts, Ohio death certificates covering 1908–1970, Summit County Index to Ohio State Penitentiary Prisoner Registers (1840–1938), Cunningham Funeral Home records (1906–1947), and maps and atlases of Akron and Summit County. The library is located at 60 South High Street, Akron, Ohio 44326, and provides contact information for additional records repositories through a separate Records and Research Facilities PDF.

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  • TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT Commission Meeting Agenda

    Dallas, TX
    Agenda

    The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) will hold a meeting on February 12, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. in Austin to conduct regular business including approval of previous meeting minutes, receive departmental reports from various divisions (Licensing and Education, IT, Compliance and Standards, Finance and Personnel), and receive updates from advisory committees on topics including motor vehicle stop data, polygraph examinations, and licensee wellness. The agenda also includes induction of fallen law enforcement officers into the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument—including historic officers dating to 1882 and officers who died since 2020—and discussion of proposed amendments to TCOLE rules regarding chief administrator responsibilities for misdemeanor waivers and definitions.

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  • FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. AN ORDINANCE 2018

    Scranton, PA
    Proposal

    This 2018 Scranton City Council ordinance amends the 2014 Quality of Life and Violations Ticket Process to add new definitions, violations, and penalties to the Property Maintenance Rules and Regulations. The amendments introduce five new violations: unlawful occupancy of buildings without a Certificate of Occupancy, illegal parking non-conforming to zoning ordinances, nuisance animals that disturb the peace or damage property, unlicensed dogs, and dangerous or vicious animals. The ordinance was requested by the Director of Licensing, Inspections, and Permits to combat blight and preserve public health, safety, sanitation, and aesthetic conditions in the city.

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  • OKLAHOMA CONSTITUTION ARTICLE V - LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT SECTION V-1

    Oklahoma City, OK
    Other

    Article V, Section V-1 through V-4 of the Oklahoma Constitution establishes the state's legislative authority in a bicameral Legislature (Senate and House of Representatives) while reserving to the people the powers of initiative and referendum. The initiative requires petition signatures from eight percent of legal voters to propose legislative measures and fifteen percent to propose constitutional amendments, with petition percentages calculated based on votes cast for Governor in the last general election. The referendum can be ordered by five percent of legal voters or by the Legislature itself, except for laws necessary for immediate public peace, health, or safety. Referendum petitions must be filed with the Secretary of State within ninety days after final adjournment of the legislative session that passed the bill in question, and measures referred to voters take effect upon approval by a simple majority vote, exempt from gubernatorial veto.

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