GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Privacy and peace concerns prompted a preliminary proposal from the Grand Rapids City Attorney’s Office this week as it gauged the city commission’s interest in adapting a noise ordinance.
“We want to make sure people are comfortable and protected to exercise their First Amendment rights,” Deputy City Attorney Phillip Strom told News 8. “But, coming and going from health care facilities, you should have a reasonable amount of privacy and comfort.”
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The attorney added that there is no interest in limiting the content or presence of speech — just its volume — while presenting the idea to limit amplified sound near the entrances of facilities.
“Any time there are competitive constitutional right at play, like the First Amendment and the right to privacy, it causes real conversation,” he said…