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Takoma Park moves to dissolve Noise Control Board; council weighs mediation, staff enforcement and multifamily limits
Summary
After deciding to dissolve its Noise Control Board, Takoma Park staff presented options to use county mediation as a voluntary resource, to shift two‑party complaint adjudication to city staff (with potential code tweaks), and to align multifamily internal noise resolution with landlord/tenant processes; council asked for cost estimates and code language.
The Takoma Park City Council directed staff to prepare code amendments after moving to dissolve the city’s seven‑member Noise Control Board and exploring alternative approaches for handling two‑party noise complaints.
Staff outlined four options: refer residents to Montgomery County’s Conflict Resolution Center for voluntary two‑party mediation; adopt aspects of the county noise process (while noting Takoma Park has opted out of the county ordinance);…
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