Resident urges council to demonstrate amplified-music levels at Pueblo Del Sol driving range before ordinance change

A Sierra Vista resident urged the city council during the Jan. 9 call to the public to hold a demonstration of proposed sound levels at the Pueblo Del Sol golf course before changing municipal ordinances to allow amplified music until 10 p.m.

Clyde Morris said many neighboring homeowners — including retirees in the Mission Shadows area — bought homes to enjoy quiet evenings and are concerned that amplified music from a planned in-range driving facility and clubhouse activities could lower quality of life and property values. He recommended the city and Paradigm (the course operator) hold an open-house demonstration at the course showing the proposed upper noise limits and their impact at adjacent homes so councilmembers and residents can judge the effect in person.

Morris said residents were assured during prior meetings by the parks director that existing noise ordinances would limit sound, and he said changing the ordinances to allow “unlimited amplified music” would disregard neighbor concerns. He asked the council to attend a demonstration before giving final approval to any ordinance changes affecting amplified music and lighting at the course.

Why it matters: The item would affect residential neighborhoods adjacent to the golf course and touches on ordinance limits for amplified sound and lighting; the resident framed the requested demonstration as a way to set an explicit decibel limit that preserves neighboring residents’ peace.

What’s next: The comment came during the public comment period; no formal council action or staff response ordering a demonstration was recorded in the transcript.