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Council upholds conditions on Venice gym after neighbors cite noise, vibration
Summary
After months of complaints from residents about loud impacts and vibrations from a gym beneath condominium units, the City Council adopted PLUM committee recommendations imposing operating and corrective conditions intended to reduce noise and preserve residential livability.
The Los Angeles City Council on Aug. 9 denied an appeal by a gym operator and approved a set of conditions intended to reduce noise and vibration from Powerhouse Gym, which operates beneath residential units in a mixed-use building in Venice.
Neighbors and condo owners described repeated, strong impacts from free weights and machines that they said “wake you up” and “feel like an earthquake.” George Shohat, representing the building’s homeowners association, said the gym’s operation had caused “terrible havoc” for residents and that seniors in HUD-subsidized units were using “earplugs and sleeping medication.” Resident Justin Dartis said he was preparing to sell his unit because the problem was…
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