21.50.040 Southeast Redmond Noise Overlay Requirements.
A. Purpose. A noise overlay area where nonresidential uses will adjoin residential areas is established. The purpose is to protect new residential development from potential significant noise impacts from nonresidential uses.
B. Applicability. The Southeast Redmond Noise Overlay area is located as shown on Map 50.1, Southeast Redmond Noise Overlay. The overlay shall be 350 feet wide. Where the overlay is shown over right-of-way, the centerline of the right-of-way shall be the center point of the overlay. Where the overlay is shown over a zone boundary, the center point of the overlay shall be zone boundary.
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1. Requirements. Development within the overlay area shall meet the following requirements:
a. New or expanding industrial, manufacturing, and business park uses shall provide noise restricting techniques such as earthen berms, locating noisiest activities farthest from residential areas, and providing densely vegetated open space between residential and more intensive uses to protect existing and future residential development from potential significant noise impacts.
b. Operations and/or business activities that generate significant noise impacts, such as heavy truck traffic at nighttime with loading and unloading, should be restricted from the noise overlay area. (Ord. 2753)