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Staff reports noise‑ordinance review ongoing; planning commission urged clearer standards for applicants and neighbors
Summary
Planning Department staff updated the commission on a year‑long review of Scottsdale’s noise regulations and said the review is led by the city manager’s office and code enforcement; commissioners pressed for measurable standards and quicker work to translate public workshops into an updated ordinance.
City planning staff told the Scottsdale Planning Commission that work on updating the city’s noise regulations is ongoing but is being managed through the city manager’s office and code enforcement rather than the zoning code process.
Tim Curtis of the Planning Department gave the update and traced the code’s history. He said Scottsdale’s special noise regulations were adopted in 2010 and that the existing ordinance measures some noise with an A‑weighted decibel metric and a 68 dB threshold for certain activities. Curtis said the city held workshops in late 2023 with more than 100…
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