Put an End to the Noise, Short Form Petition

Excessive and unnecessary noise endangers the physical and emotional health and welfare of the people, interferes with legitimate business and recreational activity, depresses property values, offends the senses, creates public nuisances, and in other respects reduces the quality of life.

In recent years, we’ve been subjected to an amplified sound system, broadcasting from inside the metal buildings during particular private weddings and celebrations. The noise is extreme and for extended periods of time, often 12 pm to after 10 pm if the patrons don’t adhere to the curfew. Until COVID19 these events continued, unchanged, despite our repeated complaints.

With the addition of large, live, and outdoor concerts we believe the renamed "Smoky Mountain Event Center" has taken things too far and it is straying from its original purpose in the community. It is not an appropriate venue for any of these disruptive events.

We the homeowners of Foxfire Estates I, Foxfire Estates II, Regina Park, and surrounding community are petitioning in two parts. First, that these events be prohibited as they violate multiple aspects of the Haywood County Noise Ordinance. This be our official complaint, as residents of the county, that these events meet the criteria described in the ordinance. We request that no exceptions or permits be granted that impede on our rights as county residents to not have detrimental and unreasonable noise infringe on our peace and property values.

Second, our petition is that the long outdated Haywood County Noise Ordinance (last updated 1987 and 1995) be revised to parallel counties across North Carolina that are in keeping with their growing and changing communities in order to better protect the welfare of their residents. We respectfully request that March 31, 2021 be a reasonable time frame for the revisions. We respectfully submitted changes based on research we conducted on noise ordinances in other NC counties to the Board of Commissioners on 10-19-2020. Our references were cited.  This information is available on our website also at https://taxpayersforpeace.wixsite.com/website and in paper copy.

As our Elected County Commissioners, it is well within your power and your responsibility to provide appropriate regulations that prevent and prohibit excessive, unreasonable, unlawful, and nuisance noise that jeopardizes the physical and emotional health and welfare of your citizens.