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DDA presses city for tests, clarifications on proposed noise ordinance; agrees to send comment letter
Summary
Delray Beach DDA members and downtown business owners raised concerns that the proposed noise ordinance (measurement at property boundary and active/quiet hours) could unfairly penalize entertainment businesses. Assistant City Manager Jeff Forrest said the city expects to adopt and then amend as needed; the board agreed to draft comments and ask for baseline meter testing.
The Downtown Development Authority spent an extended portion of its meeting on a city noise ordinance under review that would change how sound is measured and where quiet and active hours apply.
Assistant City Manager Jeff Forrest summarized the city's approach and said staff expects to adopt the ordinance and then evaluate enforcement and needed amendments: “I anticipate that we're gonna adopt it, and then we're gonna enforce it and see what happens,” he told the board. He also said the ordinance is intended to address nuisance noise and that staff will continue to take…
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