Sullivan's Island SC proposes ordinance making it illegal to sing on the street

[Amerigo Vespucci]

(CNN) -- Sing in the shower, not in public. That's the message to anyone visiting one South Carolina beach community.

The town of Sullivan's Island has proposed an ordinance that would make it illegal to belt out show tunes, pop songs, or any musical notes, for that matter, if they disturb the peace.

"I haven't had one islander complain about it," said Andy Benke, the town administrator. "There are places where you can go and be loud and vociferous. Sullivan's Island is not one of them."

"We want you to have a good time but in the same sense we want you to act respectful and if you don't we have a tool to deal with it," Benke added.

That tool would be a ticket from a police officer for a maximum fine of $500. And the ban isn't just for singing.

The measure reads as follows:

"It shall be unlawful for any person to yell, shout, hoot, whistle, or sing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the comfort, or repose of persons in any office, or in any dwelling, or other type of residence, or of any persons in the vicinity."

The town, which is on a barrier island just north of Charleston Harbor, has a population of about 2,000 but swells to around 5,000 during summer weekends, Benke said. He called it "first and foremost a single residential community.

"There are a lot of visitors to the beach 24 hours a day," he said, "and we just need a way to maintain the quiet family atmosphere."

The town council has already voted two times for the ordinance and after a third vote in July, it is expected to be put into effect in August, Benke said.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/06/22/south.carolina.noise.ban/index.html?hpt=C2

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Hoot?

[hootinholler]

12. Yes Hoot

It sometimes precedes a Holler.

-Hoot

[CurtEastPoint]

14. Sir! I have besmirched your fine name! Sorry! LOL!

[hootinholler]

16. No blood no foul, Sir

:rofl:

-Hoot

[murray hill farm]

2. Sounds....

reasonable to me!

[msongs]

3. "family" atmosphere lol "family", the favorite code word nt

[SoCalDem]

4. this guy just rolled over

[FormerDittoHead]

10. Got there before me! RIP Gene Kelly. n/t

[pinboy3niner]

5. First they came for the Mariachis...

:evilgrin:

[hobbit709]

6. I'd be out there singing patriotic songs and daring them to arrest me.

Of course I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.

[nykym]

7. OK so everyone remember

if you're being mugged whisper help police! If your being raped whisper help police, and so on!

[Scuba]

8. They must have heard me sing.

[closeupready]

9. There are laws like this in Paris, as I recall.

C'est interdit!

[walldude]

11. Have your ass home by 11....

The Immortal Richard Pryor:

And I try to get home before eleven, 'cause that's when my father have me be home. By eleven. My father was one of them eleven o'clock *******. "Say, say, where you goin' Richard? Huh? ******, you didn't ask nobody could you go no place! What the Fuck? You a man now, ******? Get a job, that's for sure! I don't give a shit where you go, be home by 'leven. You understand eleven, don'cha, ******? You can tell time, cantcha? What's that clock say in the kitchen, ******? The clock, motherfucka! What's the clock say? 'Leven o'clock, bring yo' ass here! I don't mean down the street singin' with them *******, either. I ain't gettin' yo' ass outta jail no mo' motherfucka. That's right. An' bring me back a paper!"

Right. An' you go out, nothin start happenin' 'til eleven-thirty. All the dudes be standin' around and you say, "What you waitin' on, man?" " 'Leven-thirty. We gonna pinch a bitch at 'leven-thirty." And I'd have to get home with my blue nuts all up in- "Ohhhh! Oh, God!" Get home- "*****, I thought I told you to be home by 'leven! I don' wanna hear that shit! I'm gonna kick yo' ass!" "Can I jack off first?"


From 11pm to 7am? Shit, nothing starts happening till 11:30 :rofl:

[hootinholler]

13. If you're out on a date, and ya bring it home late,

It's a sin. So do it agin.

Aaaand it's all because your mama don't dance and yer daddy don't rock and roll...


-Hoot

[hayu_lol]

15. Really wonder if this applies to the ever-present...

hollering street preachers as well?

[hootinholler]

17. I never encountered one there back when I lived there for a while.

Nice sleepy little town and Civil war era fortifications. If that doesn't say family I don't know what does.

If I still lived there I would be sorely tempted to go out on my porch and sing Bohemian Rhapsody at 7 each morning.

-Hoot