HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1126 Noise Control - Urgency and RegularCITY OF PALM DESERT
COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION
CITY CLERK OPERATIONS
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
Carlos L. Ortega, City Manager
From: City Clerk
Date: July 10, 2006
Subject: NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCES - URGENCY AND REGULAR
City Attorney Dave Erwin has asked that the attached Ordinances, Nos. 1125 and 1126,
be added to the July 13, 2006, Regular City Council Meeting Agenda for introduction on
No. 1126 and adoption of No. 1125 for the purposes set forth therein.
• Ordinance No. 1125 is an Urgency Ordinance for your immediate adoption.
• Ordinance No. 1126 is an ordinance for introduction July 13 and adoption at the
August 24 meeting.
The ordinances are being provided at this time for your consideration and action, as
opposed to deferring them to the August 24, 2006, Regular City Council Meeting, as was
indicated in Senior Management Analyst Martin Alvarez's "Noise Ordinance Modification
Update" memo attached to the continued South Beach item. Please also note that the
attached ordinances provide a more stringent time limit control than that proposed in
Mr. Alvarez's memo.
Mr. Erwin will be available to answer specific questions about the matter.
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CH LLE D. KLASSECMC
CITY CLERK
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Attachments (as noted)
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ORDINANCE NO. 1126
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA MODIFYING SECTION 9.24.030 OF THE NOISE CONTROL
ORDINANCE.
The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1: That Section 9.24.030 of the Code of the City of Palm Desert, California, be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 9.24.030 Sound level limits.
A. The following one half-hour average sound level limits, unless
otherwise specifically indicated, shall apply as indicated in the follow table:
Applicable Limit One -Half
Zone Time Hour Average Sound
Level Decibels
Residential — All zones 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. 55
10 p.m. to 7 a.m. 45
Commercial Zone 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. 65
10 p.m. to 7 a.m. 55
Manufacturing Industrial 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. 70
Agricultural Zone 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. 55
B. If the measured ambient noise level exceeds the applicable limit as
noted in the table in subsection (A) of this section, the allowable average
sound level shall be the ambient noise level. The ambient noise level shall be
measured when the alleged noise violation sources in is not operating.
C. The sound level limit between two zoning districts shall be measured
at the higher allowable district.
D. For noise sources consisting of music or music in combination with
other noise, the C-Weighted level after 10:00 P.M. shall not be more than
three decibels higher than 40 dBA Leq over any ten (10) minute period."
Section 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and
shall cause the same to be published once in the Desert Sun, a newspaper of
general circulation, printed and published within the County of Riverside,
and circulated within said City.
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ORDINANCE NO. 1126
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, at its regular meeting held this day of , 2006, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
RACHELLE D. KLASSEN, CITY CLERK
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
JIM FERGUSON, MAYOR
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