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Residents press council on noise rules as debate over proposed 'move music indoors' resolution intensifies
Summary
During an extended public-comment segment, residents urged the council to strengthen enforcement of the city's noise rules and to consider a resolution to require outdoor commercial music to move indoors earlier in the evening. Council members and staff disputed whether appropriate parameters had been delivered to corporation counsel or staff to draft a resolution; no ordinance change was adopted at the meeting.
Long Beach residents used the Nov. 18 public-comment period to press the City Council for clearer, more enforceable noise rules after repeated summer complaints. Resident Judy Moran urged the council to revisit the noise ordinance and proposed limits on tented and outdoor music events, including limiting tented music to a small number of events and considering sound barriers to reduce spillover into neighborhoods.
A council member said they had asked staff to prepare a resolution that would require…
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