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Council adopts new city noise ordinance with carve-out for golf-course maintenance
Summary
The council replaced the city's existing noise rules with a new property-maintenance noise ordinance, clarifying enforceability and adding a specific exemption allowing golf-course maintenance earlier hours (6 a.m. to dusk).
The Lago Vista City Council adopted a new noise ordinance intended to make the city's noise rules more enforceable and clearer for residents and staff.
City staff and councilors said the prior noise ordinances had proven difficult to use in municipal court, leading the city prosecutor and staff to draft a new, more prescriptive regulation. The new ordinance largely rewrites Chapter 6, Article 6.300 (Noise) of the city code to include a clarified definition section, enumerated prohibited noise sources, affirmative defenses,…
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