Cooperstown Noise Law
Has An 88-Decibel Limit
With iPhone App, Citizens Could ID Violators
By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
COOPERSTOWN – The sounds of silence. That’s probably more than even the 80 signators of last year’s anti-noise petition expect.
But neighbors in and around the downtown will at least be able to expect sounds under 88 decibels if Chapter 172 of the Village of Cooperstown code, labeled simply “Noise,” survives a second public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, May 28, and it voted into law.
Action was delayed from last month’s Village Board meeting after objections were heard to the 100 decibel level.
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