City’s Noise Definition Thrown Out

Wilmington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 26, 2026 · 2m

Wilmington’s Board of Adjustment just tossed out the city’s wildly overreaching definition of “outdoor amplified sound”—a rule that declared even a human voice or a bug zapper could count as amplified, leading to absurd outcomes like unamplified sounds being louder. The controversy erupted after a bar owner sought to use an outdoor LED screen for movies and sports, only to find the new rule blocked any sound. Meanwhile, a nearby homeowner claimed noise disrupted his sleep. After heated debate, the board unanimously rejected the definition, calling it “tortured” and “absurd,” and sent it back…