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Council weighs revised noise ordinance for downtown cultural district, officials cite state disorderly-conduct threshold
Summary
Police and city staff presented draft decibel limits for residential, nonresidential and a proposed cultural district; council members debated balancing residential sleep hours and downtown economic development, and staff noted that exceeding 85 dB can lead to state disorderly-conduct citations.
Police Chief Lisa Tarrango and staff presented draft changes to the city’s noise ordinance that would set decibel ranges by land-use and time of day and add language applicable to a proposed cultural district downtown. Chief Tarrango said examples shown to the council were intended to help members visualize decibel differences and that the department has measures and enforcement options.
Tarrango explained practical enforcement limits and noted the interplay with state law: "The ordinance…
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