In St. Petersburg they plan to increase fines for noise several times

Deputies of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly introduced amendments to the law “On Administrative Offenses in St. Petersburg” for consideration by the city parliament. They propose to raise fines for violating silence at night, on weekends and holidays, RBC reports.

“In St. Petersburg, there are persistent troublemakers, for example, people living in apartment buildings and turning on music in the middle of the night on a regular basis, or a bar located on the first floors of residential buildings or in close proximity to them, from where loud music is regularly heard,” — the authors of the project write in the explanatory note to their bill.

Deputies are confident that the existing fines are insufficient, since many violators are subject to repeated reports. Therefore, for repeated violation of the law on silence within a year, the authors of the bill propose to fine citizens 4-5 thousand rubles, officials 40-50 thousand rubles, and legal entities 200-300 thousand rubles. Until now, fines for individuals started from the amount of 500 rubles, for officials – from 5 thousand rubles, for legal entities – from 25 thousand rubles.

A protocol drawn up for night repairs and unloading and loading work, drawn up again within 12 months, will lead to a fine for citizens in the amount of 4-5 thousand rubles, officials – 40-50 thousand rubles, for legal entities – 400- 600 thousand rubles. Noisy construction work at night at protected sites will cost the most: they want to increase fines for companies to a range from 800 thousand to 1 million rubles. Previously, the maximum fine amount was half that.

The authors of the project reported that they had previously secured the support of law enforcement agencies. The concept of the future law is supported by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.