Neighbors oppose Greenbrier’s request to raise pickleball acoustical barrier to 15 feet; council will consider amendment April 17

City staff presented a request from Greenbrier Hills Country Club to amend a previously approved major site plan so the acoustical fabric on the south barrier of newly built pickleball courts could be extended from 10 feet to 15 feet in height. The request follows two post‑construction sound studies that did not meet the required St. Louis County noise standard.

“This is a amendment request to a previously approved major site plan,” Planning Director Jonathan Raich said, noting the original approval from January 2023 included a condition requiring a post‑construction sound study. Raich said two sound tests failed the county standard, and the applicant is now asking to raise acoustical material on the southern fence from the previously approved 10 feet to 15 feet to meet the required sound thresholds.

John Nations, counsel for…