Submitted by Fragrant_Joke_7115 t3_11315jc in philadelphia
Pugslysparks t1_j8o1kte wrote
Question: Does this also apply to churches? I live on a main road across the street from a church who rings their bells at 8am, 12pm, 4(ish?)pm, and 6pm every single day for about a half hour each time they do it. Weekends included. What's weird is I've been living in the house for about 5 years now and they started doing it around late summer '22. They're so loud that it even drowns out my tv at full volume with me standing directly in front of it.
we wrote them an email kindly asking to stop as its disturbing at a ridiculous level but the response we got was basically a polite "Go fuck yourself"
I'd imagine with that attitude they must be protected in someway so I've just been dealing with it. But a solution to this would be heaven
Fragrant_Joke_7115 OP t1_j8o25nt wrote
Pretty sure religious jawns are one of the exceptions under the code.
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Edit: Yep:
§ 10-403. Prohibited Conduct. 85
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(13) Exemptions. 86 The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the following:
(d) Sounds lasting no more than 5 minutes in any one hour created by bells, chimes, carillons, or the human voice, or by electronic or mechanical devices that reproduce such sounds, while used in connection with a religious institution;
JiaMekare t1_j8o4y2n wrote
Sure, but they’re describing bells lasting way longer than 5 minutes. Might be worth a shot
Fragrant_Joke_7115 OP t1_j8o5zon wrote
Right! Missed that. Half an hour? WTF. Might be worth fighting. Possibly a letter from a lawyer telling them to limit it to 5 minutes.
JiaMekare t1_j8oiaja wrote
u/Pugslysparks just to flag, you may wanna reach out after all
Pugslysparks t1_j8pi6so wrote
I certainly will!
Pugslysparks t1_j8o2nv0 wrote
Figures...
Thanks for the info tho!
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