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Provo council office outlines draft noise ordinance changes; residents press on stadium exemptions
Summary
Council staff briefed Neighborhood District 1 on proposed noise code revisions that would simplify enforcement, add ambient-noise-based limits and create exemptions for athletic competitions; residents raised concerns about exempting stadiums such as BYU’s from nighttime limits.
Michael Sanders, a policy analyst with the Provo City council office, told Neighborhood District 1 on Wednesday that staff are proposing changes to the city’s noise ordinance intended to simplify enforcement and tailor limits to local conditions. "We tabulated five years of police call data and found out that there were a little under 800 noise complaints a year, or about 64 a month," he said, adding that District 5 accounted for 48% of calls and District 1 accounted for about 6% in the citywide tally.
Staff proposed three enforcement-side changes: consolidate multiple noise-determination tables into a shorter set of rules so…
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