The City sent the Church a letter threatening a $3,529 initial fine, and penalties of $500 a day, until it stops the noise. The so-called noise is the once a week rehearsals of the Church's Gospel Choir.
Pastor Thomas A. Harris III of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church said,
"This is strange,” adding that it’s “quite unheard of for a church to be
fined because of joyful noise.”