City officials consider noise policy revisions
The East Lansing City Council accepted a list of noise recommendations Tuesday to push city staff to implement policies that might raise noise penalties.After gathering information from student and city groups and local commissions, council members instructed staff to continue combating noise in an attempt to tame problems in the fall."What we have now is a real product that achieves a working practice for the city," Deputy City Manager Jean Golden said.The issue arose last fall when noise violations increased 36 percent from the previous fall.