Remarks by Zach Hilton
121 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 5
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“Thank you. So my second motion would be to remove the word prohibited. Is everybody clear where I want to try to remove that?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“So currently it reads commercial and industrial noise impacting residential properties. Noise from properties that are zoned for uses other than residential is limited to a max of 70 dBA. We're not going to change that. 70 dBA or less measured at the residential property line. Such noise is limited to the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. and prohibited between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. The reason why I want to mark out the word prohibited because it's not true. It is not prohibited. It is subject to the L10, which is a percentage of time. It just cleans it up for the everyday person to speak…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“SO THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION TO STRIKE THAT WORD PROHIBITED. LEAVE IT AS A MAX OF 70 DBA.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“So I'm going to read what I originally had on there. If somebody wants to do a friendly amendment or talk it out, let's do it. But I don't want to lose this one. I would love to have a citywide residential, but I don't know if this council is willing to go that far. So I'm going to throw it out there. My motion would be to for under commercial and industrial noise impacting residential zone properties. The language would be the outside use of power tools, yard, landscaping, and similar equipment is prohibited, not subject to the L-10, between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., Monday through…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“I'm going to put that back on staff. How would you apply it? If someone said there's a commercial sweeper that's coming through at 2 a.m. and it keeps waking us up in this apartment house, what can I do?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. DO WE CARVE THAT OUT, HAVE OTHER”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Yeah. No, it is. This is why we're having a discussion about it.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Is the language that I proposed good enough that this doesn't apply to commercial sweepers? I mean, Recology commercial sweeps are residential neighborhoods. I said power tools, yard, landscaping, and similar equipment. Would a street sweeper even be considered a power tool, yard, landscaping, or similar equipment anyways?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“So would it even be it? Is that a mute thing?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“But that's not in here, though. Garbage truck is not part of it. And neither is a commercial sweeper, as far as I'm concerned, or even a street sweeper. That's the intention behind this. So how do we pass that on?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“No, I think we stopped talking about sweeping and we just stick to landscaping, power tools, yard, landscaping, similar equipment.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“It's not even... That would even be... Yeah, someone would literally just say, hey, they're allowed to sweep their lots at that time. That's not prohibited.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“The commercial landscaping company, who's more than likely... Do they show up at 2 a.m., commercial landscaping?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
- Play at 4:12:54
“They don't. They work within regular hours anyways, and that's the intention behind this. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“He's up at five, yeah. He's not working. Does that make sense?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Okay, so you still want to? I'm on board. So restate the motion is going to be commercial and industrial noise impacting residential zone properties and residential zone properties. Would that be the proper way to say it? Because we're doing it citywide.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“It might make, it might be redundant when I say the residential. You just have to say citywide. Citywide. So commercial and industrial noise impacting residential zone properties citywide. So that means the residential then taking over.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“YEAH, CHANGE THE TITLE. WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE THE TITLE TO BE?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, And residential zone impacted properties?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“But here's the language. The outside use of power tools, yard, landscaping, and similar equipment is prohibited, not subject to the L10, between the hours of 10 p.m. Did you say 8 a.m.? 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 p.m. and 9 a.m., Saturday and Sunday.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
- Play at 4:14:56
“I already did. I did. So commercial, industrial, and residential citywide impacted properties. So it kind of covers each individual sector.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026