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Sierra Madre council weighs updated noise ordinance, landscaping-equipment limits
Summary
Sierra Madre’s City Council on July 8 held a public hearing on proposed changes to the city’s noise ordinance and related landscaping‑equipment rules that would add numeric decibel baselines, measurement procedures and updated hours for powered equipment.
Sierra Madre’s City Council on July 8 held a public hearing on proposed changes to the city’s noise ordinance and related landscaping-equipment rules that would add numeric decibel baselines, measurement procedures and updated hours for powered equipment.
Senior planner Caitlin Wong presented draft ordinance 14‑67, which would amend Chapter 9.32 (noise) and Chapter 8.4 (landscaping equipment). Wong said the draft narrows gaps in the 2009 code by adding definitions (for example, weighted decibels, ambient noise), establishing daytime and evening exterior noise thresholds and setting minimum measurement criteria for enforcement.
The draft sets a daytime exterior noise threshold of 60 dBA (7 a.m.–10 p.m.) and an evening threshold of 50 dBA, with measurements taken as 10‑minute averages using an ANSI Type 2 meter. Wong told the council the planning commission held two public hearings and recommended adoption of the municipal code text…
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