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Residents ask Mount Shasta to protect neighborhoods from industrial vibrations and nighttime disturbances
Summary
Speakers urged the commission to craft the noise element and subsequent ordinance to address industrial ground‑borne vibration, data‑center noise and everyday disturbances such as barking dogs and loud neighbors, and warned against over‑regulation that could be weaponized.
During the public hearing, residents raised an array of neighborhood noise concerns that they asked the commission to address in the noise element and the forthcoming noise ordinance.
Rosalind McCoy urged caution about future industrial development and emphasized ground‑borne vibrations: "If industry does come in, we will have something in place ... it’s really important for us to be very clear on our noise ordinance," she said, noting neighbors previously reported feeling vibrations from industrial fans. She recommended the city incorporate recent research and experiences from data centers and new industrial uses that were not in the 2021 study.
Araya said apartment residents lack remedies for disruptive neighbors and welcomed an enforceable ordinance: "I support a noise ordinance ... making living situations better and more agreeable for everybody," she said. John Sanguinetti highlighted repeated domestic sources — barking dogs, leaf blowers, chainsaws — and recalled that in other periods animal control intervened directly.
Commissioner Tim Stearns had already proposed expanding the draft policy language to limit exposure to ground‑borne vibrations from commercial and industrial activities, and Kim said staff would include such input for the ordinance drafting sequence after the element is adopted.
