Delcambre's City Council Message: Turn Down The Boom

DELCAMBRE — The town of Delcambre is enforcing stricter regulations regarding loud music emanating from private property or vehicles in the city.
Residents were at a Delcambre city council meeting to complain about their neighbor playing loud music from their vehicle. When they called the police department and an officer arrived, the music was turned off. When the officer left, the music was cranked up.
“I have trouble with the boom noise,” said a resident. “It is every day.”
An 83-year-old resident walked outside after seeing her house windows rattling because of a vehicle’s loud, base-sounding music. She shouted at them to turn it down, but the music continued to play.
Due to the rise in noise pollution, the Delcambre aldermen and Chief of Police Perry Shaw have increased their efforts.
Shaw told the aldermen and Mayor Christopher Esponge that the town recently received noise meter readers that record the music’s loudness.
Shaw told the aldermen that the police department can not cite loud music violators without getting a decimal reading of the music playing. In most cases, by the time the police department arrives, the music is off, he said.
But Chief Shaw did have a solution to that problem. He informed the residents who were having trouble with a neighbor who likes to play loud music to go to the police station. He will let the residents borrow a decimal noise meter to record the loud music, and he also recommends they use their phones to record everything.
Then, the aldermen increased the penalty amount for those caught playing loud music.
The new fine amount is $350 or 40 hours of community service for the first offense, $500 for the second, and $1,000 and/or 30 days in jail for the third offense. In addition, police officers will seize their stereo equipment.
The residents thanked the aldermen, mayor, and police chief for making playing loud music in Delcambre more costly.