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Planning Commission backs noise-ordinance amendments, recommends city council review
Summary
The Sierra Madre City Planning Commission voted to approve updates to the city's noise ordinance (MCTA 25-01) and recommended that the City Council consider the revisions with the commission's edits.
The Sierra Madre City Planning Commission voted to approve updates to the city's noise ordinance (municipal code text amendment MCTA 25-01) and recommended the measure be sent to the City Council with the commission's edits.
The commission's approval follows a staff presentation and months of consultant work to close gaps in the existing code, including how noise is measured, where measurements are taken and how exemptions are handled. System Planner Huang briefed the commission on the draft changes and the enforcement implications for city departments.
The changes remove ambient-noise baselines and references to commercial zoning from the exterior-noise standards so the same limits apply across land uses. The draft shortens required noise measurement duration to 10 minutes and clarifies that both A-weighted and C-weighted…
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