I watched the Town Board Mtg last night over Zoom.
It seems to me that the current path will lead to a property rights infringement on with the emitter or the receiver.
Part of that problem lays with the decibel definition applied. The same level is being conflated between the emission (commercial owner has a right to emit noise at this level) and the reception (noise entered my residential property at this level).
The standard can’t be applied for both.
An emitter may be able to make sound at whatever intensity they need (OSHA standards not withstanding). They can also abate that noise. The quantitative noise measurement is being taken at the recipient’s property; therefore the noise standard should only be from reception.
I think tightening the noise standard definition to only be reception will help minimize potential for property rights conflict.
Scott Larrimore, Estes Park
It should stay in the 55 to 60 range—if 80 decibels is approved, I will find my way to certain curbsides with my boombox. Kidding-not kidding.
At 80 one can’t participate in a conversation. Anything higher than 55-60 will still obliterate the sound of birds singing and change wildlife habitation. Noise is noise, be it daytime or night. People should consider how a noisy neighborhood affects home values.
Due to the large rock outcroppings and our mountain terrain, I encourage the owner’s property boundary to remain a vital part of the equation. It is their noise. Allowing it to waffle across streets and meadows makes no sense.
A measurement at my property is not taking into consideration changes in with wind, or their sound systems base setting.
I am on several acres and near a wedding venue. The noise is not going to reach 55, yet the sound will dominate my outdoor ambiance. It is my property and I should have control of the airwaves invading it. Gratefully, the police have been very helpful in keeping the peace near my residence.
Businesses with high noise-level needs are better suited to the valley than to our small mountain town.