That the Board authorize the scheduling of a Public Hearing for September 3, 2015, at 5:31 p.m. for consideration of an ordinance amending Part I of the Escambia County Code of Ordinances, as amended, amending Chapter 42, Article III, "Noise," Section 42-66, "Exemptions," to clarify the firearms exemption to the County Noise Abatement Ordinance.

The County’s Noise Abatement Ordinance prohibits making, causing, or allowing any unreasonably loud sound. The ordinance includes an exemption for noises caused from the discharge of firearms. This amendment was drafted to clarify that the exemption in the ordinance pertains only to noise resulting directly from the actual expulsion of a projectile from a firearm, and does not extend to noise from explosions, detonations, or other loud eruptions caused by a projectile strike.