Recently, the Elkhart City Council tightened up its noise ordinance — I won’t go into the technical details but it’s basically a less tolerant standard.  Noise ordinances are fairly common, and yeah, at some level, noise that can be controlled, should be.  But I think when it comes to enforcement, it should probably be on a per-complaint basis.  Instead, the city administration apparently has a police officer now on staff to enforce the ordinance full time. Continue reading Do we really need a full-time noise cop?