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Annapolis to crack down on noise pollution
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Annapolis (Map, News) - Annapolis police launched a noise abatement program Tuesday in the downtown area.
Responding to citizens’ complaints, the department is hoping to crack down on loud noise from vehicles, particularly motorcycles and car stereos.
Officers will deal with violators on a case-by-case basis, but violators can expect warnings, tickets or even arrests depending on the severity of violations.
The city has an ordinance that prohibits music from being heard more than 50 feet from a vehicle.
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yuppie who bought vastly over-priced condo in soma said:
i love my double pane sound proof windows.
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Johnzane said:
I agree that city dwellers should not expect country living in SF. Closing windows and, ahem, turning on the air conditioner is an acceptable solution at times. It's a shame so many of these lofts were built with little to no noise attenuation in mind. Tenants should check for noise before signing papers.
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Johnzane said:
I recently visited a friend who lives alone in a beautiful 5 room flat on Hayes. Her apartment was unnervingly quiet, I swear I could hear my own blood pumping, and we had just come up from the din of Friday afternoon traffic. Even though her windows looked out on the street, nothing came through. She said the building dated back to the 40's, and the architect had orders to make it completely sound proof. She claimed never to have heard her neighbors, and that she can party anytime without eliciting a complaint.
When will noise pollution become a factor in building new homes like this one? Only when buyers/tenants make it a priority. Until then, like myself, you can always enjoy the sounds of a bustling, independent-minded San Francisco.
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Michael said:
This is absolutely the stupidest, most asinine article I've ever seen. YOU PEOPLE LIVE IN A CITY! There is going to be noise. Deal with it.
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Don't Live Near the Airport... said:
"Ah excuse me please but when we called your office about the cracked out people screaming at 3am last week we were told there is nothing your office can do about it. How about supporting the police to crack down on crack???" Examiner reader, I feel your pain...but crackheads (and the poverty pimps that staff the Coalition on Homelessness) are Daly's core constituency. They'd have to be...who else would vote for this completely ineffectual (and arrogant to boot) fool?
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Don't Live Near the Airport... said:
if you can't stand the sound of jets roaring above you. Most of SOMA's new residents are vacuous yuppies who bought vastly over-priced condos in the area because they wanted to maintain a facade of urban chic. Now they're complaining about the noise, as they do about every other feature of their new environs that predated their arrival (i.e., the homeless, club kids, etc., etc.). If they want peace and quiet, they should move to the suburbs. Really, really tired of their sense of entitlement. Oh, and insofar as the ostensibly "progressive" supervisor Chris Daly is concerned...he lives in a condo himself, bought with the assistance of his relatively well-to-do parents, but fights home ownership by everyone else in this city tooth and nail. He's a complete and utter fraud!
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Examiner Reader said:
""Supervisor Chris Daly, whose district includes SoMa and the Tenderloin, said noise issues are one of the primary calls he receives from constituents who complain about fireworks at AT&T Park, motorcycles and construction-related ruckus. “I’m living about 100 feet from the Central Freeway project. I certainly empathize with my constituents,” Daly said."" Ah excuse me please but when we called your office about the cracked out people screaming at 3am last week we were told there is nothing your office can do about it. How about supporting the police to crack down on crack???
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