Arlington County residents who play their stereos too loud may soon face an increase in fines from $25 to a maximum of $2,500 after the state’s highest court shot down the so-called reasonable person standard previously used to define noise-related complaints.

As a result, officials are now rewriting the county’s 37-year-old noise ordinance and proposing increased fines and the possibility of jail time for violators.

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