Lisle board orders independent sound study, urges Park District talks after years-long pickleball dispute at Abbey Wood Park

The Village of Lisle Committee of the Whole on March 3 directed staff to solicit quotes for an independent sound study and to conduct decibel measurements at residences adjacent to Abbey Wood Park, as trustees continued a months‑long debate over whether pickleball play should be treated differently under the village’s noise exemptions (Village of Lisle Code, Title 5, Chapter 20).

The action came after multiple public commenters described opposite experiences at the Abbey Wood courts. John Gurdian, a Green Trails resident, described pickleball as a community benefit and said the courts had “reenergized” his family’s activity. "Pickleball is just 1 more of these activities," Gurdian told the board, arguing the courts were no different than other park noise such as children or basketball courts and that the park district has shortened hours and moved programming to Tate Woods Park to reduce impacts.

By contrast, Vidas Motelauskas, a nearby resident, pressed the board to take a stricter approach. "I still also believe that the simplest, least complex solution is to simply declare pickleball nuisance at Abbey Wood Park," Motelauskas said, urging the board to limit the Park District’s…