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Public hearing to consider a proposed ordinance to add Chapter 28.1 (Noise Regulations) to regulate noise in the unincorporated area of Solano County; recommend that the Board of Supervisors find the project exempt from further environmental review under the General Rule Exemption; and recommend that the Board of Supervisors include the cost of three (3) noise meters and staff training for three (3) amounting to approximately $9,000 in the Fiscal Year 2017/18 budget. (Project Planner: Michael Yankovich)
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Published Notice Required? Yes _X__ No __ _
Public Hearing Required? Yes _X__ No ___
RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Planning Commission:
1. Conduct a public hearing to consider a proposed ordinance to add Chapter 28.1 (Noise Regulations) to regulate noise in the unincorporated area of Solano County;
2. Recommend that the Board of Supervisors find the project exempt from further environmental review under the General Rule Exemption; and
3. Recommend that the Board of Supervisors include the cost of three (3) noise meters and staff training for three (3) amounting to approximately $9,000 in the Fiscal Year 2017/18 budget.
BACKGROUND:
The Solano County General Plan was updated in 2008 and included in the Public Health and Safety Chapter is a section devoted to noise. The section identifies the County's strategy for dealing with unwanted noise as "reducing excessive noise exposure through cost-effective measures and appropriate zoning that avoids placing incompatible land uses in proximity of each other." The section includes Land Use Noise Compatibility Guidelines (Table HS-2) for various land use categories as well as Noise Standards for New Uses (Tables HS-3 and HS-4). As part of the Implementation Program for the Public Health and Safety Chapter measure, HS.I-60 states that a county noise ordinance should be developed, adopted, and implemented.
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