On Thursday, September 10, 2009, Technician, the student newspaper for NC State, reported on Police issuing citations for noise violations. The Lineberry Alliance has posted similar articles to help clarify the noise and party ordinance. We’ve also prepared tips for students living off-campus and want to welcome them to our community and help them be a good neighbor.
The article talks about our efforts to educate students and neighbors to make them aware of the noise and party ordinance:
Jason Hibbets is the organizer of the Lineberry Alliance, a collection of different home owners associations in the Raleigh area. Hibbets, an alumnus, said he welcomes the Noise and Party Ordinance and is working to help college students understand what they mean. “Some of this stuff I would have loved to have known [when I was in college],” he said, “rather than have to find out by a police officer knocking on my door at 1 a.m.” He said the ordinance is something everyone seems to be confused about.
Also mentioned in the article was the high quality of life neighborhoods are seeking, which was a little out of context:
Hibbets said he and his family just want to have a high quality of life, and the noise ordinances are helping in that desire.
When I was interviewing with the author, James, I mentioned that the quality of life issue was for the entire community, not just me and my family. The way it’s written makes it sound selfish, which was not my intention.
Overall, I think the article was good and I hope it helps educate the students who reside in Raleigh neighborhoods. In numerous email correspondences with sources after the article was published, many folks believe the Technician article will go a long way towards informing students about noise and party violations.
Tags: community, neighborhoods, parties, RPD
Nice work Jason. I, like Jason, am an alum from NC State and think this is a great effort to educate students about noise ordinances. Our area, the neighborhoods off of Lineberry, have multiple benefits and I applaud Jason for the efforts he is taking to keep the quality of life we all enjoy at the highest level possible.