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Committee discusses possible objective decibel limits; directs staff to study technical and budget implications
Summary
Committee reviewed an initial draft proposing objective decibel limits while retaining the 'plainly audible' standard; members directed staff to gather technical data and budgetary implications and asked that the topic return to Committee in one year.
The Attorney’s Office presented an initial draft that would introduce objective decibel limits for noise enforcement, drawing on federal workplace noise standards and outlining procedures for sound meter use, exemptions and enforcement considerations. Staff emphasized the proposal was preliminary and would require additional technical review before being incorporated into the ordinance.
Committee members discussed retaining the County's existing "plainly audible" enforcement standard as an alternative to strict decibel thresholds. Commissioner Stephanie Johnson moved, and Commissioner Allison Wright seconded, to pass the recommended changes out of Committee and direct staff to do preliminary data gathering of budgetary implications and decibel levels; the motion passed unanimously. Staff will return in one year with information requested by the committee.
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