Car alarms that sound continuously for more than 5 minutes can be cited as a §8.8.3 nuisance. Roswell PD can have the vehicle towed at owner expense if the alarm cannot be silenced and is creating ongoing disturbance.
Roswell does not have a car-alarm-specific ordinance but enforces excessive alarm noise under §8.8.3. A car alarm exceeding the residential nighttime decibel cap (60 dBA at a neighboring property line) for more than a few minutes is treated as a continuing nuisance. Roswell Police will attempt to locate the registered owner; if not located or the owner cannot silence the alarm, the vehicle can be towed at owner expense under the abandoned-vehicle and public-nuisance provisions of Ch. 22 and §8.8.3.
Persistent alarm noise is a §8.8.3 violation. First citation is typically a civil fine; repeat offenses escalate to Municipal Court prosecution with fines up to $1,000. Tow and storage costs are charged to the owner.
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