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Committee backs sending waterfront quiet‑zone signage to commission, staff to pursue waterway markers and landward pilot
Summary
The committee recommended sending a two-track approach to the full commission: install landward 'quiet residential zone' signage on city‑owned seawalls and start the regulatory process to pursue waterway markers, while staff will identify pilot locations and associated costs and permitting requirements.
Commissioners and staff told the committee that boat noise and speeding in residential waterways are recurring public complaints and that signs posted on land will be the faster, lower‑cost near‑term step while state and federal approvals are pursued for in‑water markers.
Lindsey Precht, deputy resilience officer and assistant director of the Environment & Sustainability Department, said marine patrol and code recommended mounting signage where it is visible from typical vessel distances from seawalls. "Vessels typically…
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