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Cannon Falls council approves amended ordinance for Cannon Valley Fair after debate over noise studies and motorsports
Summary
After nearly two hours of public comment and council debate, Cannon Falls approved first reading of Ordinance 414 as amended — removing a proactive noise-study requirement and a restriction on council discretion over motorsports while retaining a limit on West Gate use during the fair.
The Cannon Falls City Council on March 17 approved the first reading of Ordinance 414, which amends the city code relating to the Cannon Valley Fair, after a contentious public-comment period and council debate over noise monitoring and motorsports events.
Erin McMahon, speaking for a coalition of adjacent property owners, urged the council to table the ordinance until it included "independent continuous real time noise monitoring" and "automatic nondiscretionary cease and desist orders" if state noise limits are exceeded. McMahon told the council the draft would create "a custom hyper permissive zoning district" and warned the city would assume legal liability if it deleted proactive safeguards; she also said the city packet estimated proactive noise models could cost the fair as much as $15,000.
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