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# Planning Commission Debates Stricter Noise Ordinance as Council Vote May Slip
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/070703-story/
- Published: 2003-07-07T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:29:54.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The debate over an ordinance to control noise levels in Santa Monica has grown louder.

Planning commissioners debated the subject and continued it for the second time last week, deciding to give it further consideration at their next meeting July 16.

They are working on a recommendation that will go to the City Council this summer. Council members were expected to vote on the matter July 22, but that date may be delayed while the Planning Commission works out the details.

Santa Monica’s noise laws have not been updated since 1992\. A groups of residents have asked the commission to make the proposed ordinance more restrictive.

Some of those residents met Monday night to discuss the suggestions of Dan Stuart, a local resident and attorney, who has recommended that the 300-foot “transition” zones between businesses and residences — where noise laws are relaxed — be dropped, among other things.

But businesses disagree. Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce president Mike Gruning vowed at his installation dinner last month to fight any further restrictions on noise, which he characterized as anti-business.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 7, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/070703.pdf?ref=smdp.com)