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September 10, 2025

Identification of Metrics to Assess Community Response to Leisure Sounds

Key Points

Community acceptance of leisure sounds varies, and existing noise ordinances may be insufficient.
Metrics assessing leisure sounds revealed persistent noise complaints even below acceptable sound levels.
Case studies were used to evaluate community perceptions and responses to leisure sound events.
Gaps in current regulations suggest a need for updated metrics addressing community concerns about noise.

Abstract

Sounds from leisure activities, such as outdoor amplified music concerts, are a common cause of noise complaints in urban and suburban areas. These are generally not well addressed by existing noise ordinance limits and regulations, as indicated by neighborhood complaints persisting even when event sound levels are below background levels. This paper gives a summary of existing metrics that focus on leisure sounds and assesses case studies using these metrics to better understand community acceptance of these facilities.

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Lodico et al. (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1a5f254b1d3bfb60dfa7d https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3397/nc_2025_0013

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