LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH CENTER
File #: 24-194    Name:
Type: Preview Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/30/2024 In control: Broken Arrow City Council
On agenda: 2/6/2024 Final action:
Title: Consideration, discussion, and possible preview of an amendment to Broken Arrow Code of Ordinances Section 16-12, adding Section 16-12(a)(8), providing that noises between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. Sunday through Saturday for the Broken Arrow Events Park and adjacent amphitheater shall not be deemed violations of the disturbing the peace ordinance and shall not be deemed a violation of this section
Attachments: 1. Sec. 16-12. Disturbing_the_peace__disorderly_conduct - Events Park inclusion NS update

Broken Arrow City Council

Meeting of: 02-06-2024

 

Title:

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Consideration, discussion, and possible preview of an amendment to Broken Arrow Code of Ordinances Section 16-12, adding Section 16-12(a)(8), providing that noises between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. Sunday through Saturday for the Broken Arrow Events Park and adjacent amphitheater shall not be deemed violations of the disturbing the peace ordinance and shall not be deemed a violation of this section 

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Background:

 

City ordinance Section 16-12, “Disturbing the Peace, Disorderly Conduct” regulates noises that disturb the peace.  The ordinance currently prohibits disturbing the peace between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet from the exterior of the building, structure or vehicle within which the sound originates except at specific geographical locations that currently include the Rose District/downtown area and New Orleans Square Overlay District.

 

This preview ordinances adds the Broken Arrow Events Park and adjacent amphitheater to these existing location exemptions to the disturbing the peace ordinance and specifically provides that noises between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. Sunday through Saturday at the Broken Arrow Events Park and adjacent amphitheater shall not be deemed violations of the disturbing the peace ordinance.

 

 

Cost:                                                                $0.00

Funding Source:                     N/A

Requested By:                      City Manager’s Office

Approved By:                      City Manager’s Office

Attachments:                                          Ordinance red line strike

Recommendation:

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Preview Ordinance and set for adoption.

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