Wednesday was the first full day for a series of new ordinances in Myrtle Beach.
City council passed the ordinances at Tuesday afternoon’s council meeting, primarily to try to stop the May bike rallies.
The 15 ordinances were passed almost unanimously by city council members.
The only vote that was 5 to 1 is a new law requiring helmets and protective eyewear if you’re riding a motorcycle or a moped.
However that law does not go into effect for about 90 days -- Dec. 21.
Three of the ordinances took effect immediately.
The first changed the city's nuisance code which, now declares the rallies a public nuisance.
The second changed the special event law, which now declares that special events requiring any excessive use of public resources, like police, is against the law.
Under that law, anybody who promotes special events and causes the use of extra resources will be fined.
And the third law that is in effect right now is one about noise.
There is already a noise law on the books, but the change is very specific.
It now states that it is against the law to operate a motorcycle that has a measured noise level of more than 87 decibels.
Some other new laws that will take effect at the end of the year are bars closing at 2 a.m., leaving a restaurant without paying, and a curfew for teenagers under 18 -- they cannot be out after 1 a.m. without there's a valid reason.
One promoter of the fall Harley-Davidson rally, which is next week, tells News13 he's moving forward with everything, the rally will go on as scheduled and just rolling the dice.
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