Jim Thorpe Borough officially has its own noise ordinance.

By a unanimous 5-0 vote Thursday night, with members Joe Krebs and Paulette Haupt absent, council adopted the ordinance, which prohibits noise disturbances from 11 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. for residents and 24/7 for Thorpe’s 26 establishments with a liquor license.The borough also voted to petition the state for relief from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s noise enforcement.Under the current system, licensed borough establishments can be fined by the PLCB without warning if a noise complaint is lodged against it.Multiple fines also put an establishment in danger of losing its license.With the borough having agreed to petition the PLCB for enforcement, a hearing will be held within 60 days.Borough Solicitor James Nanovic said he hoped that within 30 days of that hearing, a decision would be rendered.If the PLCB rejects the borough’s petition, council could either keep its ordinance or repeal it, Nanovic added.For more information, read the print edition of the Times News.