HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-28-21 Public Comment - A. Kelley Hoitsma - Construction Noise Ordinance 2From:Amy Kelley Hoitsma
To:Agenda
Cc:Martin Matsen; Nena Bozeman
Subject:New Proposed Noise Ordinance
Date:Tuesday, September 28, 2021 2:37:20 PM
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Dear Mayor Andrus and City Commissioners:
I wholly support the proposed revision to the City’s Noise Ordinance:
“Noise emanating from a construction operation occurring between the hours of 8:00 PM to 7:00 AM is prohibited from exceeding 60dB(A) as measured at the property line of an
immediately adjacent property.”
The current ordinance, allowing noise at construction sites to begin as early as 6 am and continue as late as 10 pm, I feel is unreasonable for neighbors, especially given how much
new construction is underway in virtually every neighborhood in the City.
Having experienced new home construction immediately next door for the past 18+ months, the single thing that caused me distress was the beeping from a genie lift, which was both
nearly constant (beeping when the machine moved in ANY direction) and very loud. I was unable to track down the actual decibels of the genie lift beeper, but according to a report by
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (a division of the National Institutes of Health), backup beepers have “a typical volume of 97–112 decibels (dB) at the source, are
loud enough to damage hearing.”[1] That level is considerably above the new proposed ordinance.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment.
[1] 4. NIDCD. Sound Ruler, Text-Only Version [website] Bethesda, MD: National Institute on
Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health; [[accessed 17 Dec 2010]]. (updated 7 Jun 2010). Available: http://tinyurl.com/2eqa6t4
Amy Kelley Hoitsma
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