Excessive noise “doesn’t get properly addressed because it’s [still] a continuous problem [and] there’s no protocol for problem houses … Enforce the loud-noise ordinance with fines and fees. Also, lower the 200 feet [distance at which sound is deemed non-compliant with the noise] ordinance to zero … [because] in Providence houses are closer together. The 200 feet does not protect the neighbors that are 25 feet away.”
— Metcalf Street resident, North End (Ward 4), July 2025
“Noise is the New Smoking”