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# City wants a quieter Santa Monica
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/city-wants-a-quieter-santa-monica/
- Published: 2001-11-24T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T01:17:00.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*City officials — and your neighbors — want you to tone it down a bit.*

*By Daily Press Staff*

The Santa Monica City Council wants to change the noise ordinance in the city so it can protect residents who live in industrial and commercial districts. And the city fully intends to enforce the new laws.

Toward that goal, a community meeting is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 3, 2001, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Ken Edwards Center, Rooms 103, 104 and 105, to receive public input about noise issues throughout the city. City staff and its consultant, Mestre Greve Associates, want comments from residents, business people, and community groups about their concerns and suggestions for addressing community noise levels. This input will be considered as the new law is created.

The current noise ordinance was adopted in 1995 to implement the city’s general plan noise element, which was adopted in 1992\. The noise element is one of seven state-mandated elements of a general plan that identifies and appraises noise problems in the community while calling for creative methods to protect the community from excessive noise.

Mestre Greve Associates is a nationally recognized community noise engineering firm. The firm’s past experience has ranged from small to large communities, from rural to urban environments, and from stable to fast-growing cities.

The Ken Edwards Center is located at 1527 Fourth Street in Santa Monica and can accommodate up to 60 participants. The facility is wheelchair accessible and served by Big Blue Bus lines 1, 3, 7 and 8\. Metered parking also is available. Registration for the meeting is not necessary but is encouraged to ensure that enough handout materials and seating are available. Interested persons may call the RSVP line at (310) 434- 2634 or use the on-line registration form to confirm their attendance.

Those unable to attend the meeting are encouraged to address written comments, concerns and/or suggestions to Bill Rodrigues via e-mail: or by regular mail at: City Hall, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Calif., 90401.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 24, 2001.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/112401.pdf?ref=smdp.com)