Monday, August 24. 1981 The Daily Tar Heel15A By RACHEL PERRY DTI! Starr Writer Chapel Hill's new noise ordinance, approved by the town . council in early June, is a more restrictive ordinance that should be easier to enforce than the old one, town officials and student leaders said last week. The new noise ordinance allows no noise permits to be issued except for Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. From Sunday to Wednesday, no one will be able to get a permit to exceed the standard noise level. In effect, outdoor amplified music can only be played on Thursdays from 5 to 1 1 p.m., on Fridays from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m., on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday, and only with noise permits. Another major change from the old ordinance is the penalty upon violation of the noise ordinance. Violators will have their noise permits suspended for six months with the new ordinance, as compared to a $25 fine with the old ordinance. . Without a permit to exceed, all events will have to be held inside a building with doors and windows shut in order to re main within the prescribed noise level The noise level will be measured from the property's boun dary line instead of from 75 feet away, as the old ordinance pro vided. The maximum sound levels allowed are about the same as be fore, but restricted to certain days and hours. According to the new ordinance, nighttime sound levels (11 p.m. to 8 a.m.) may not exceed 50 decibels expect on Thursdays, Fridays and Satur days. Daytime sound levels (8 a.m. to 1 1 p.m.) may not exceed 60 decibels except on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. On Thursdays (5 to 1 1 p.m.), Fridays (5 p.m. to I a.m.) and Saturdays (10 a.m. to 1 a.m.), the noise level cannot exceed 70 decibels without a permit, and cannot exceed 85 decibels with a noise permit. ' The new noise ordinance, the result of extensive coordinated efforts between the town and the University, should result in 'more quiet time for Chapel Hill," said Capt. Arnold Gold of the Chapel Hill Police Departments "It provides the town with a certain number of quiet.days a week, and also a certain number of days with noise allowed, he said.. Gold said student leaders had considerable input into the for mation of the new ordinance, and were making efforts to edu cate University students about the ordinance. T - ."This is one of the most energetic programs I've ever seen anyone get on,' he said. "Everybody's gone the extra yard this year.'; . ' ' v;.;- ; . .. ' : "'; . Student Body President Scott Norberg said fte and other stu dent leaders had met regularly with the town council for more than a month on the noise ordinance issue. . . "Except for the mayor, the town council members were look ing to us to iron out something that would work," he said. Council .member? agreed that the prevailing spirit of cohesive ncss between the council and student leaders would render the new ordinance more effective than the old one. "This spirit of working together will ease the situation and make a more livable Chapel Hill," said council member Bev Kawalec. .' "The developing relationship between the town and the Uni versity over the past few years is reflected by the new noise ordi nance," council member Bill Thorpe said. "The University worked very closely with us on that, and it's working very well because of the students involvement." ' Council member Joe Herzenberg said the new ordinance re quired a certain amount of compromise on both sides. "Neither side was absolutely satisfied, but 1 think the ordi nance will protect the rights on both sides," he said. "It is a compromise, but they (the council) got what they wanted, which is a stricter ordinance," said Tony Lathrop, exe cutive assistant to Norberg. "It is necessarily more restrictive there are more things that people need to be aware of,' Capt. Gold said. "But ! don't think it's too restrictive. It seems like a fair balance to me." Norberg said he was satisfied with the new ordinance. "I'm satisfied, but I'll wait and see how it goes. It's important to take into consideration that we have neighbors. It should work out." But not everyone is pleased with the new ordinance as a work ing document. "I doubt that it's going to be more effective than the last (or dinance)," council member Kawalec said. "It's not as clear as it should have or could have been. "The solution for this fall is not the ordinance itself, but the prevailing attitude. In three or four years when the students who are involved are gone, we'll be right back where we started from or worse." Others disagree with the ordinance's penalty of six-month permit suspension. . "I guess it's better than arresting people, but it's sort of unfair to campus organizations to have the permit suspended for six months," Lathrop said "It seems like there would have been a better way to get peo ple to obey the ordinance than a larger penalty," Kawalec said. But Norberg expressed satisfaction with the six-month penalty. "I think it seems fair," he said. "The only time someone is go- ing to get slapped with a violation is when they're really asking for it. "The town is really serious about this, and we're reaJJy serious about helping to enforce it, too." : : ;; ;' : " Lathrop said Student Government was conducting meetings with fraternity and sorority presidents, their social chairmen and residence hall governors to familiarize them with the new ordi nance. ' ': v .;' "It's going to be a year-to-year thing," he said. "We may hold these seminars every year to educate people about the noise ordinance." - Student Government is printing copies of the ordinance and the specific days permits can be obtained, Lathrop said. Four sound meters have also been purchased to allow students to measure their noise levels. fmsierm for customers Dy RACHEL PERRY VI-UTH Staff WtUir Southern Bell Telephone Company's new $12 million electronic switching sys tem installed during the summer will pro vide Chapel Hill and Carrboro customers with faster, more efficient telephone ser vice, a Southern Bell official said recently. The biggest change customers will no tice is the elimination of access codes for long-distance dialing, said Mike Carson, Southern Bell's district manager. In addition, all University administra tive numbers beginning with 933- have been changed to 962-. Residence halls and private residences with 933- numbers have not been changed, Carson said. But the dialing method from campus has been altered. Phone users must dial 9, then all seven digits of the number instead of 3 and the last four digits. The electronic switching system, which replaces a 50-year-old electromagnetic system, is more reliable and efficient in handling calls, Carson said. "The new system switches calls a lot faster than the old system there is al most instantaneous ringing after the num ber has been dialed. It (the new system) can handle calls at the rate of 240,000 per hour. "It's also more reliable. (There should be) no more instances of calls not going through, or of calls reaching the wrong number," he said " A telephone service complaint cited frequently by University students is the difficulty in placing long-distance calls between 11 and 11:30 p.m. because of overcrowded lines. Carson said the 11-11:30 p.m. jam should be eliminated with the new switch ing system. It will be put to the test during the next few weeks as the semester gets underway, he said. "That problem was caused by two buildings with switching systems, one on Manning Drive and one on Rosemary .Street," he said. "Our new office is lo cated entirely on Rosemary Street, so it eliminates the full circuits between the two buildings." The problem in placing long-distance calls after 1 1 p.m. lay in the overloaded circuits between the two buildings, not in placing the long-distance calls themselves, he said. "The student population in general probably is more aware of the discount calling rates, so the peak calling time here is when the rates drop (at 1 1 p.m.)." The new electronic switching system also provides customers with new options on telephone service, Carson said. Touchtone dialing is available for off campus phones. Custom calling features, including speed dialing (programming frequently-dialed numbers into the tele phone) and call waiting (putting one party on hold while talking to another party) are available for on- and off-campus phones. Three-way calling (a conference call arrangement), and call forwarding (programming a phone to forward calls to another number), are also available for both on- and off-campus phones, he said. ' The package rate for all four special features, is $7.45 a month. Call waiting and 3-way calling both cost $3 each, and call forwarding and speed calling cost $2 each. The new computerized system will be less expensive for Southern Bell to main tain, Carson said. "A computerized system requires less energy to operate. That is cost-saving to us," he said. "Because the system requires fewer people to maintain it, the mainte nance cost is also less." Carson said the basic difference in the new modular design and the old design was that the internal parts were now plug in units instead of wired-together rigs. The plug-in units speed up the call switch ing process, he said. Despite the financial savings Southern Bell will net with its new electronic switch ing system, Carson said a rate increase for telephone installation still was planned. With Southern Bell's proposed rate in crease, on-campus telephone hook-up would increase from $15.55 to $56.65, and the off-campus installation fee would increase from $20.90 to $62.00, he said. The impact of inflation and competi tion necessitates the rate increase, Carson said. Folic to eiiffoFce alcoHol laws Dy NANCY DAVIS ' DTHSurr Writer ' Even the beer-drinking capital of the world has laws dealing with the consump tion of alcohol, Chapel Hill police are beginning to en force those drinking laws more, strictly, Chief Herman Stone said. The police will hold a meeting at 9:30 a.nv Wednesday with area merchants and Alcoholic Bevi. erage Control board representatives to discuss the situation. ay ., In cooperation with the ABC board, police will monitor businesses with some officers in plain clothes. Stone said. The crackdown results from the large: number of stores and restaurants ' not checking for proper identification as well as from some traffic deaths associated, , with drinking. V Of 19 traffic fatalities in Orange County last year, 18 were directly attributed to V drinking drivers, Stone said; V "Drinking is a problem In this town. It's a party town, and naturally so. But it 'l?'X r. t ure mranis c o ns timers . , :ir - A '-y yz ' ' - 'J y &yX JTTT relief on erecma By DEBORAH GOODSON OTH Stan Writer As a result of legislation enacted in the Genera) Assembly this Vsummercpnsuniers will find an'added relief Ihtheir'credit card charges ' : ' r!?- " '"' '' V ' . Rep. Jeanne Fenner, D-Wilson, was responsible for sponsor ing legislation that banned interest charges on an' entire credit charge purchase when part of the charge had been paid. Under the bill, a consumer only has to pay interest on the. because they do not have the sufficient income required to have amount of purchase he does not pay initially. a charge card or to have an established credit line. . In the past, individual banks could decide whether to give :.. students generally use parents' credit cards or have cards credit to any payment, if the account was not paid in full before issued m their names with parents being responsible for the debt, a finance charge was added. ' v ' ; - - . If a person charged a $1 ,000 item and paid $900 within the Gov- Jm Hunt commended Fenner for "one of the most un allowed time, he was required to pay interest on the entire P01 of legislation for consumers that was passed in jl QQ0 the General Assembly." With the new bill, consumers would pay interest only on the $100 he owed. : . The ,biir whidhappUes to all credit cards, becomes effective January 1 ,'ancf haJ 6pen mtrcuced anoTdeTeatedlri twoprevi ous sessions of the General Assembly. According to bank credit card officials in the Chapel HUI area, credit, cards usually are not issued to many students, mti-Medfly quarantines continue insouthern states By DEAN LOWMAN DTH Staff Writer Although California officials claim to have averted their own insect problems, nearly the entire Sunbelt region of the United States is maintaining full or mod ified quarantines against produce shipped from areas infested by the Mediterranean fruit fly. The fruit fly, or Medfly, infests crops just as they are ripening for harvest, damaging both the crops and the plants it feeds on So far, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, West Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana and Kentucky have adopted monitoring programs to ensure that none of the af fected produce has entered their states. North Carolina's quarantine requires that all trucks carrying produce into the state from California be accompanied by certification that the produce has been fumigated if it came from areas where Medflies have been found, said John W. Scott, plant protection specialist with the N.C. Department of Agriculture. If the produce is coming from an area of California where Medflies have not been found, certification that the produce came from an unafflicted area is needed, Scott said. "If we were to find a fly living or dead on a quarantined truck, we would seal and fumigate the truck to make sure that none of the insects survived,'' Scott said. "In addition, we would set up traps near favorable host crops in a nine square-mile area to make sure that no stray flies were present:" North Carolina's quarantine on produce shipments from California will continue "as long as the federal government continues to quarantine the region," Scott said. ; California officials, however, have said that other states are overreacting in their efforts to prevent the spread of the Medfly. "We're very concerned about other states reac tions," said Tina Taggart, information officer in the California Department of Food and Agriculture. "The eradication effort and the area involved include only a small area of the state," Taggart said. "It is centered around the Santa Clara Valley which b pre dominantly suburbs and full of people, not crops. The rest of the state is free." The quarantined area of California includes San Joaquin, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Merced and Tuo lumne counties and covers 2,427 square miles. . The counties are rich growing regions within Cali fornia's 500-mile-long main farming valley. Taggart said California had spent $25 million so far on eradication of the pest. "Through our sprayf r ing and trapping programs, we've kept a pretty closer watch on the problem. ' , , "Because so many people are moving in such a small area, we feel that the Medfly was probably brought into the area by someone coming into the ?t area from outside California," Taggart said. : Meanwhile, in Tampa, Fla., beekeeper Burton Rushing said he found thousands of bees dead after the insecticide Malathion was sprayed from the air Wednesday to fight Medflies found there. Florida officials said they hoped to finish the aerial spraying late last week after being hampered by heavy rains from tropical storm Dennis. . (the law) hasn't been enforced like it should," Stone said. In addition to state laws prohibiting the sak of sjcohol to minors, Chapel Hill law prohibits the consumption of alcohol on public property. That includes all city property, streets, sidewalks, public park ing lots and some alleys. But the law does not prohibit the dis play of alcohol. As long as you arc not caught drinking it, you're within the law to cany a beer on the street, Stone said. Town laws also apply to the University campus, slid Sergeant Walter Dunn of the University Police. It may come as a surprise to Carolina football fans that Kenan Stadium is considered public prop erty, making the consumption of alcohol at games illegal. "We try at the gates not to let anyone in with alcohol. If wc see a potential pro blem, we try to correct it, Assistant Athletic Director William Scroggs said. But residence halls are considered stu dents' homes, Dunn said. "They can drink there just the same as I can have a beer in my house. , . While local teenagers are more likely to be caught for drinking under age, college students . are more likely to violate the public-consumption law, Stone said. The enforcement of the ordinance is usually accompanied by a warning. Police "Training Officer Ralph Pendergraph said, adding that officers use considerable dis cretion in giving it. With the influx of freshmen, some not yet 18, local restaurants and bars also have to increase their efforts to control the illegal sale of alcohol to minors. '-. Bars should request a driver's license for identification, Stone said. "I wouldn't accept a University ID (which does not display a birth date). But it's up to the : jmerchant. If be doesn't go far enough, he cu!4 te mrouble." Any-establishment caught serving alco noJ to a minor could have its license to ; lerve afcfohol suspended by the state ABC "' board. The biggest problem occurs with the 18 to 21 -year-old age"group, said Four Corners restaurant manager Arthur Stoll mack. For example, a 21-year-old may try to buy a mixed drink for an 18-year-old. The restaurant's monitors, bouncers and cocktail waitresses watch for that, Stoll mack said. . V JO HAIR UNLIMITED, ING since 1970 HAIR FITNESS ,TM Haircuts Perms Coloring 405 W. Franklin Street Chapel Hill next to McDonald's Facials Skin Analysis Waxing Mon.-Sat. by appointment 942-4383 942-4391 o USED FURNITURE o o LARGE SELECTION of Used Chests, Sofas, Chairs, Bedding, Lamps, Bookcases, Desks o LARGE SELECTION of Unfinished Furniture o New Mattress and Box Springs at Discount Prices i RAPING-POST ICS S. Greensboro St.Carrboro Mon.-Frl. 10 am-5 pm. Sat. 10 am-4 pm THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL TiMVOLV FN Ely ampys Y SET) W (QMM& campus Y BIG BUDDY PROGRAM University students become big buddies for children in the community. CAr.?PUSCOMMUN!TY UNX The objective is to introduce senior citizens and students on a one-to-one basis with the hope that a friendship will be established. COMMITTEE Oil UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION (CUE) Students examine both short and long term projects for im proving the educational experience of undergraduates. CRAFTS BAZAAR An exciting December weekend of colorful crafts and craftspeople volunteers needed for preparations and selling. . CROSSROADS AFRICA Formed to enhance the partici pation of UNC students in Opera tion Cross-roads Africa. Particip ants are invited to join in en African cultural social-work experience. . DILLON SCHOOL ; Dillon School is a popular new 'program which provides juvenile delinquent with outside friends and provides volunteers with chal lenging work. d:?4?ier-dsscusssqn This program offers an Informal setting for faculty and students to come together in a private home for a potluck dinner end the discus sion of a selected topic. "FOOTFALLS" ROAD RACE An annual November event to benefit the Campus Y; a 2 mile1 OK Fun Run. i . FRESHL!AfJ CALIP A three day pro-bilsntatlon look at ccSege for about 160 incoming freshmen and ah excellent chance to meet professors and student leaders." " . ' GLOBAL ISSUES (NIEO) Recently organized to facilitate and encourage public education on Third Work?' Development issues, specifically the New International Economic Order. ' , HUNGER ACTION The Committee plans and con ducts many activities to heighten students' awareness of both world and campus food problems. The major project of the Committee is its annual sponsorship of a 24 hour Fast for a World Harvest INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS This Committee is still in the planning stages and open to any new ideas and suggestions. It will publicize on campus the oppor tunities with the Experiment in In ternational Living. MURDOCH CENTER This Committee helps provide recreation and companionship to children of varying degrees of retardation. For Mcro Information, Stop By Room 102 Of Tho Campu3 V Bunding . Alco Watch For Information About Y Ksrteen? Day, Tuaaa ay, Captarhbari 1, 1C31 In Tho Pit . (Rafn dato, Sept. 18) 1981-82 rv m a b fit KM NURSING HOES Volunteers perform an invalu able service by bringing outside di versions and ono-to-one contact to nursing home patients. POVERTY ACTION Formed from an interest in the causes and problems of poverty, mis Committee has focused its ef forts to combat poverty on the local and state level. PUCUCITY A Committee created to inform the campus and community of the numerous activities of the Campus Y and it3 cornmittess. TUTon:nd v . Tutors offer encouragement and friendship as well as educational aid to students in the Chapel Hill and Carrboro public schools. Ur.'GTEAD HOCrlTAL The Umstsad Committee ena bles students to work as volunteers in the John Umstsad Psychiatric Hospital at Butner. WALK FCH KU.'.!A!ilTY Each spring the Y cponsors a long dlctanco Waft to draw atten tion to the social problems of hunger and poverty In tho commun ity and In the world.
