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Residents urge Spanish Fork to act after years of industrial noise from Smith Steel Works

Spanish Fork City Council · November 19, 2025
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Neighbors told the City Council that machinery noise from Smith Steel Works near South 340 West has disrupted daily life for years; city staff recorded decibel readings within limits but residents say the disturbance persists and asked council to investigate under ordinance 9.32.040.

Dawn Johnson, who lives at 501 South 340 West, told the Spanish Fork City Council that loud exhaust and machinery noise from nearby Smith Steel Works has disrupted her life for more than three years and can run 10 to 14 hours a day. She said decibel measurements taken by city staff and officers “were within the city limits of the city noise ordinance,” but added that the noise nonetheless causes anxiety, wakes her in the…

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