Agoura Hills council orders staff to prepare revocation resolution after years of noise complaints at dyno shop

The Agoura Hills City Council on Jan. 22 directed city staff to prepare a resolution revoking business license number 006982 for New Era Performance and Tuning LLC after an extended public hearing about noise from the company’s dynamometer operations.

City prosecutor Eric Marcus told the council the city’s acoustical consultant measured repeated noise events attributed to the shop’s dynamometer “in excess of those permitted by the city,” and that the municipality’s noise ordinance treats persistent code violations as a public nuisance. The council voted 5-0 to have staff return with a revocation resolution for consideration at a future meeting.

Neighbors and business owners who share the small commercial complex told the council the dyno noise interferes with day-to-day operations and causes headaches, anxiety and lost business. “It’s a particular sound that…just mentally stop[s],” said business owner Diane Ricci, who said music recording clients had been disturbed during sessions. Nearby business owners offered similar testimony…