To the relief of Santa Monica merchants, the City Council last week rejected a proposed law that would have restricted businesses on how much noise they can generate at certain times of the day.
While politicians said the law as proposed couldn’t be passed because too little research was done, a new ordinance will come back to them after staffers do some more work.
Some question whether it’s businesses making all of the noise in Santa Monica, or if it’s just a fact of living in a condensed, high-traffic city. Others suggest that the current noise ordinance isn’t even enforced adequately.
So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “Is Santa Monica too loud? Who’s making all the noise?”
Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 1, 2003. Read the original PDF.