HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-29-21 Public Comment - A. Walker - Noise OrdinanceFrom:Martin Matsen
To:Austin Walker
Cc:Agenda
Subject:RE: Proposed Changes to Noise Ordinance
Date:Wednesday, September 29, 2021 9:02:02 AM
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Austin, Thanks for your input. I will add this to our notes and take it into account as we move
forward. - Marty
From: Austin Walker <awalker@daconstruction.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 5:25 PM
To: Martin Matsen <MMatsen@BOZEMAN.NET>
Subject: [SENDER UNVERIFIED]Proposed Changes to Noise Ordinance
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Marty,
Hope you are well. I would like to comment on the proposed changes to the Noise Ordinance, see
my comments below.
1. First, 7 AM to 8 PM is a reasonable time frame to conduct construction, especially in the city.
If there can be some revisions to the proposed new ordinance and an official way to obtain off
hour permits for special circumstances I would be more willing to support this.
2. I think we need to be very careful on the decibel limitation we put on this, I get pretty nervous
I am going to have a civilian standing across the street from our construction site with a
decibel meter daily. For starters, I think 60 dba is too low. At 60 dba we couldn’t even drive to
work and close our car door before 7 am if this was the case. This dba needs to be higher if
not eliminated. Describing the ‘construction activities’ as it relates to a particular noise level
would be much easier for all us to defend ourselves against while limiting the construction
noise in the city.
3. Considering the above, I would like to see 6 AM remain as the start time in the city ordinance.
Construction people like to go to work early, don’t take this away from them because others
don’t.
4. We need a solution to schedule early or late work. Concrete placement sometimes needs to
start at 3:00 am, this is chemistry and there is very little we can do about it. The positive side
of this is, it keeps heavy concrete pumps and trucks out of rush hour and away from most
civilians. Placing concrete in morning traffic will cost everyone.
Thank for considering these comments.
Have a good evening.
AUSTIN WALKER
Project Manager
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