The Fishers City Council provided second reading on a proposed new noise ordinance, but chose  not to take final action after two restaurant owners expressed their concerns about the change.

The current Fishers noise ordinance is 10 years old and set at over 110 decibels.  The new proposed ordinance would lower that amount to 70 decibels  Owners of King Jugg and Parks Place restaurants said that measure would damage their ability to have live music.

Then there was a discussion about where the noise measuring device would be placed…10 feet from the stage or amplifiers, possibly 50 feet or another measure at the property line?

After listening to Assistant Police Chief Mike Taylor, the restaurant owners and city councilors, Mayor Scott Fadness said there was confusion about the details of how this ordinance would work and suggested postponing the vote on this ordinance until next month, allowing all parties to agree on the provisions in any new noise ordinance.