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Adopt an ordinance to amend Chapter 21 section 21-10 of the Solano County Code, relating to disturbing the peace due to loud and unusual noise during the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
County Counsel recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 21 section 21-10 of the Solano County Code, relating to disturbing the peace due to loud and unusual noise during the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On March 1, 2022, the Board considered and introduced the draft ordinance. The ordinance is now before the Board for adoption. Once it goes into effect, the County Counsel, Sheriff and the Department of Resource Management will monitor its effectiveness and, if necessary, begin working on a more comprehensive noise ordinance.
When the Solano County General Plan was updated in 2008, it included a section devoted to noise in the Public Health and Safety Chapter which 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.
In 2015, at the request of the Solano County Agricultural Commissioner with support from the Solano County Farm Bureau and the Solano County Agricultural Advisory Committee, your Board adopted an ordinance related to noise-making devices related to agricultural operations which provided the authority to the Agricultural Commissioner and peac...
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