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Council adopts residential noise limits to cross‑reference zoning code; critics warn decibel thresholds may be too low
Summary
Council amended the zoning and environmental code to add numeric residential noise limits (56 dB night / 63 dB day as measured at other residential properties) and cross‑referenced those levels in the city’s general noise prohibition; the ordinance passed 5‑2 amid public concern about enforceability.
The Lockhart City Council adopted amendments to the municipal code establishing numeric residential noise limits and cross‑referencing those limits in the general noise prohibition. The ordinance sets maximum permissible noise from sources in residential zoning districts at 56 decibels from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., and 63 decibels from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. as measured at other residentially zoned properties.
Senior planner David Fowler explained the change closes a…
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