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Parma Heights council advances draft noise ordinance; backs 9 p.m.–7 a.m. quiet hours while debating decibel limits and exemptions
Summary
At a Feb. 13 work session, Parma Heights City Council members signaled support for quiet hours from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. year-round and discussed setting a decibel threshold nearer 80 dB, while debating definitions for "domestic" equipment and exemptions for emergency services and snow removal.
Parma Heights City Council members reviewed a draft noise ordinance at a Feb. 13 work session and said they were close to agreeing on quiet hours running from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., seven days a week, while reserving further debate for how to measure and define prohibited noise.
"I feel that we met a consensus for the quiet time to be from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., 7 days a week, 12 months of the year," Council President Tom Rounds said as the council opened the discussion. The council discussed whether the ordinance should be framed by the equipment used or by a measured sound level.
Members questioned the originally proposed 60-decibel limit as too low. "60 decibels is normal conversation level,…
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