Sarasota News Leader

05/30/2014

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Noise will be at the forefront of Sarasota City Commission discussions again Monday, June 2, as the board considers scheduling a public hearing on revised sound regulations "to sim- plify and facilitate enforcement," according to the agenda. A May 27 memo to the commission from City Attorney Robert Fournier says that when the board directed him several months ago to bring back proposed amendments to the city's noise ordinance, the three primary objec- tives were to make the ordinance easier to understand and enforce, "with emphasis on the sections where maximum decibel limita- tions were set out"; make greater use of the "plainly audible standard" in light of a Florida THE CITY COMMISSION ON JUNE 2 WILL CONSIDER THE LATEST PROPOSED SOUND ORDINANCE AND HANDLE AN ARRAY OF OTHER ITEMS, FROM STREET IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH A NEW HOTEL TO A POTENTIAL EXTENSION OF THE SARASOTA KEYS PROGRAM By Rachel Brown Hackney Editor Smokin' Joes also has been a focal point of residents' noise complaints in the past in downtown Sarasota. Photo by Norman Schimmel Sarasota News Leader May 30, 2014 Page 8

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