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Planning Commission backs updates to noise policies, municipal code and CEQA thresholds
Summary
The Lake Forest Planning Commission unanimously recommended City Council approval of amendments to the general plan public safety element, municipal code chapter 11.16 (noise), and the city's CEQA thresholds guide to add mixed-use noise standards, construction noise and vibration limits, and to incorporate the local hazard mitigation plan.
The Lake Forest City Planning Commission on April 3 voted unanimously to recommend City Council approval of a package of updates to the city’s noise policies and implementing regulations. The package includes amendments to the general plan’s public safety element, revisions to municipal code chapter 11.16 (noise), and changes to the city’s local CEQA significance thresholds guide.
Planning staff said the revisions respond to the 2020 general plan update, which added mixed-use designations and exposed gaps in existing noise regulations. The amendments establish exterior noise limits (including for mixed-use development), adopt a 15-minute averaging standard and a maximum limit for intermittent sounds, add construction noise and vibration thresholds, and replace the unused noise variance board with a permit-to-exceed process administered by the city manager.
“Recognizing that our current noise ordinance standards do not…
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