Woody Biggs describes himself: “As born and bred North Carolinian, I grew up in eastern NC and have lived in Raleigh for 30 years. I have seen the astronomical growth here and the good and the bad that comes with that. I love our city and want it to be the best it can be and a safe place for all residents.”
Woody delivered the following remarks at the June 10, 2025 City Council meeting:
On Saturday May 31st a friend was visiting me and my windows were rattling from the loud music and bass from the bar across the street from my house. I filed 3 noise complaints over 4 hours. No officer ever responded.
My friend returned to his Glenwood South condo only to find extremely loud music from a bar into his condo. He filed two noise complaints in 25 minutes and an officer responded 31 minutes from his first complaint.
So, either RPD does not want to respond to a noise complaint from Woody Biggs or they do not want to respond to a noise complaint about the bar across from my house for some reason. Take your pick — it’s one or the other.
The city has had noise ordinance rules for years. After a two year process the city introduced a new noise ordinance in January 2024, and then revised that ordinance in January 2025. RPD is not following the city-written, council-passed noise ordinance. They have ceased giving out citations with only two citations being given out in January 2025 for the 161 noise complaint calls total to June 3rd 2025 in the Glenwood Hospitality district.
RPD is trying new things we have been told. I have tried to find the “try new things” section in the noise ordinance and cannot find it. RPD has gone rogue and you have lost control of the city police force.
Since January 21st when Peter Morrison left as the Lieutenant we have seen basically no enforcement of the noise ordinance. I am pretty sure I know who is behind it. Y’all need to look into it.
This noise terrorism has been going on for over a decade and I have been making council appearances since 2021. Nothing changes and if anything it has gotten worse.
I hear it is now in committee and is being talked about. Residents don’t want to hear any of this slow walking city government talk. This noise terrorism needs to stop today. I implore the city to have a moratorium on amplified sound from businesses.
What you have tried has been a complete failure. The city needs to do a 180 and say no amplified sound and then work on seeing if you can add it back in without all the problems we have now.
All this continued noise terrorism every week is affecting Raleigh residents’ physical and mental health and anything less than what I propose shows a total lack of concern of Raleigh residents and an intent on this city to continue to harm its residents. This has gone on way too long and it’s time for this nightmare to end.
You can read Mr. Biggs’ previous comments to City Council here:
Raleigh is Underreporting Noise Complaints
Glenwood South can control the noise and still thrive
Vibrancy kicking on the wrong door
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