Enforcement

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  • (a) The Virgin Islands Department of Police shall investigate any possible violations of this chapter.

  • (b) Police officers from the Virgin Islands Police Department shall use a sound level meter to determine whether a sound constitutes a noise disturbance or exceeds the sound level permitted for certain acts as provided in section 2042 of this chapter. The sound level meter must be calibrated annually.

  • (c) Any person who refuses to submit to a sound level test when requested to do so by a police officer is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both the fine and the imprisonment.

  • (d) Any person convicted of violating section 2042 of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 180 days or a fine of not more $2,000, or both the fine and the imprisonment. A separate offense is committed each day the noise disturbance continues and may be punished separately.

  • (e) Any person who owns, has charge of, or, where applicable, occupies a building in which a sound, or sounds emanate which constitute a noise disturbance or exceed the noise limit as provided in section 2042 of this chapter shall receive a written warning for each violation. Upon a third violation such person shall, in addition to receiving a written warning, be subject to a fine of $200 for the third violation and each violation thereafter.

  • (f) The Attorney General may seek civil remedies, including an injunction to prevent or abate violations of this chapter.


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