Grafton

Here is an excerpt from the Alton Telegraph concerning Grafton's noise ordinance. It says here that ABATE has no issue with the law. I have heard some say differently but my friends in Piasa Gateway have posted no negative comments towards Grafton so I am not sure where some are getting their information.

July 14, 2011 8:06 PM
By JILL MOON
The Telegraph
GRAFTON - After years of failed attempts to enact a noise ordinance, the City Council finally voted "yes" to such an ordinance.

Even though some people publicly opposed a noise abatement ordinance, many welcome the new mandate. The Grafton City Council voted "yes" for the ordinance, with newly appointed Alderman Pam Bick abstaining because she was appointed at the same meeting Tuesday night.

Alderman Joyce Harmon was absent. Bick filled former alderman Steve Hayes' 2nd Ward seat, which he abruptly vacated after the April municipal election. Some music establishment owners and managers opposed the ordinance, but an ABATE representative said its organization was not upset about it.

"They said they didn't see anything in the ordinance against people who ride motorcycles," Mayor Tom Thompson said.



Read more: http://www.thetelegraph.com/articles/ordinance-56616-noise-grafton.html#ixzz1S9AZxveu