The new amplified sound rules only apply to commercial establishments.
Volunteers were out making door-to-door visits to student rental properties in neighborhoods that have been trouble spots for loud noise and disruptive behavior in the past.
For the past few weeks, Randol White has been dealing with a persistent and annoying problem outside of his San Francisco condo. "I was like, where is that coming from? And I looked down, and I was like, 'I think it's coming from the Waymo cars.'"
The City of Raleigh's Oberlin Streetscape project is doing overnight work to avoid traffic disruptions but some neighbors say the noise has been "brutal."
The updated noise ordinance does away with decibels as the benchmark for enforcement.
Raleigh police is working with businesses and managers to educate them on what is going to be acceptable and what's not acceptable.