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Resident cites state noise rules as city amends escrow for Cannon Valley Fair track project
Summary
A Cannon Falls resident told the City Council the Cannon Valley Fair track may be operating contrary to Minnesota noise rules; separately the council approved, as part of the consent agenda, an amendment to an escrow agreement for the track project that raises the escrow from $30,000 to $100,000 and allows reimbursement for staff time.
Jan Fennern, a Cannon Falls resident, told the City Council on May 20 that state noise rules mean the Cannon Valley Fair’s racetrack activities must meet residential noise-area standards if they can be heard at homes nearby. “Noise area classifications are based on the land use at the location of the person who hears the noise, which does not always correspond with the zoning of that area,” Fennern read from Minnesota Pollution Control Agency guidance, and warned that the fair “has been operating illegally” if its events produce residential-level noise at nearby houses.
The issue was raised during the meeting’s public input period; the council did not take formal action on Fennern’s…
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