Commission considers adding decibel limits, removing 'excessive' wording from noise code
Commissioners discussed replacing ambiguous 'excessive' language in the municipal noise ordinance with explicit decibel thresholds and asked staff to survey other comparable Utah towns for sample language.
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The Planning and Zoning Commission signaled interest on Aug. 3 in tightening Big Water's noise ordinance by removing subjective terms and adopting specific decibel limits. Commissioners said the current term 'excessive' is ambiguous and subject to differing interpretation and requested staff research model ordinance language used by other Class 4 and 5 towns in Utah.
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