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Noise readings at Hotel Ritchie validate current ordinance levels, city test shows
Summary
A council-supported field test at Hotel Ritchie found live-music stage readings up to 90 dB while measurements at residential points registered lower levels; the music advisory board remains focused on enforcement questions rather than lower decibel limits.
Councilmembers and staff reported May 6 that a targeted noise test at Hotel Ritchie matched the expectations of the city's music ordinance and that live music at the tested event did not exceed the permitted levels when measured around the commercial area.
Councilmember Stevens described the on-site testing: "At the stage, we put a meter there, and then we had other meters we used as well. So at the stage,…
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