HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-28-18 Public Comment - B. Costigan - Updated Noise OrdinanceFrom:Bill Costigan
To:Agenda
Subject:Regarding the Community Plan Up-date / Up-dated Noise Ordnance
Date:Wednesday, November 28, 2018 10:14:35 PM
Greetings,
As Bozeman grows noise is becoming more of an issue. The last best place should remain
restful, peaceful and as quiet as possible.
Some of the noise sources I notice while living three blocks off Main St. and Black and in noparticular order include;
Aircraft Noise, jets starting at 6am, occasional helicopter life flightsVehicles, road/tire noise, jake brakes, un-corked mufflers, an occasional horn honk, sirens,
sound systems with poorly adjusted subwoofers Trains, horns blowing at each intersection, engine rumble, wheel and track sounds
Construction, sounds, nail guns popping, generators re-charging, the beep, beep of backingequipment
Bars on Main Street, the sound of music, the thumping of subwoofers, buzzed peoplewalking back to their cars and houses speaking loudly, the bicycle bar/cart that spins between
the drinking establishments.Mechanical Sounds from Ventilation Systems; broadband - "white noise" sound produced
by fan systems from Hotels and BusinessesAnimals Sounds; Dogs barking (after a siren), Crows and Magpie's squawking.
Noisy Restaurants and other potentially Hazardous Establishments:
Let's work to take loud off the menu. Noise makes money for restaurant owners but, at what
cost to their employees and patrons? Apps and sensor monitoring technology can and will helpsome to tame or avoid the din finding a quite place where shouting across the table at your
dinner guest is not the norm. We could be proactive in our thinking and begin toimplement guidelines and standards for businesses to consider and eventually follow. Many
towns and cities in Europe have noise monitoring sensors placed in establishments. Thesedevices push notifications out to managers, owners and the city's noise enforcement officer
when levels peak above set levels for to long or, after sleeping hours on work nights...
A page could be taken from the progressive city of Santa Monica, CA., formally a sleepy bluecollar beach community, now silicon beach. Facing growing pains in the 80's-90's an up-dated
noise ordnance was eventually drafted. A limit on construction work hours with limits onconstruction related noise during weekends and holidays addressed in their document I recall.
Common sense ideas promoting calm, rest and relaxation would be good for our community.
Bill Costigan
--Poindexter's
28 B Shawnee WayBozeman, MT. 59715
e-mail: bill@poindexters.com
phone: 406-586-4488
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