Residents urge city action as loud generators at Yankee Trace disrupt homes

Centerville residents told the City Council on May 5 that backup generators at a power station near Yankee Trace are producing persistent, loud noise that is disrupting sleep, outdoor activity and, they said, residents’ health.

At a citizen comment period, Melissa Lever, a Heritage Lake Drive resident, said the generators “are producing sound levels exceeding 70 or even 80 decibels comparable to a jet engine,” and that the noise can run for “hours, days and nights often without warning.” She asked the city to pursue regulations or other remedies.

Kate (last name not provided), a Heritage Lake Drive resident who said her son is medically sensitive to noise, told the council the sound “exceeds the 55 decibel allowance that the city zoning is tolerable of,” and that readings in neighbors’ homes had reached the 70s and 80s. Megan Roushey, of 9736 Dinwiddie Court in Yankee Trace, said…