Corvette Museum to Submit New Noise Plan Tonight for Motorsports Park

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Corvette Museum to Submit New Noise Plan Tonight for Motorsports Park


Tonight could be the night when a potential resolution to the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park noise controversy could finally be reached.

At 6 p.m. Thursday in the City Commission Chambers, the City-County Planning Commission will consider a new 38-page detailed development plan submitted by the Museum.

If the plan is approved, the matter will likely head back to the Warren County Code Enforcement Board, which recently levied a $100 a day fine against the Motorsports Park until it’s in compliance with the planning commission.

If the plan is not approved or if neighborhood residents strongly disagree with it, the Museum is prepared to head to court and file an appeal.

“If this doesn’t work, we are prepared to file the appeal and go to court,” said Bowling Green attorney Charles “Buzz” English Jr., who represents the NCM. “It is a good agreement.”

Architects of the new proposal say they’re trying to please the Clark Circle residents and also ensure the continued operation of the park, which English called a “phenomenal asset” for the community.

Under the plan, track officials are requesting a maximum standard of 101 decibels 50 feet from the track, not every day but the highest level allowed under special permit. Put in perspective, a truck passing by on I-65 draws a 65-decibel reading. Track officials want a 65-decibel reading from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

Track noise would be measured and posted online 24 hours a day on the NCM Motorsports Park website before April 1, according to the plan. The track is also asking that it be allowed to apply for “temporary use” permits for up to 12 “Loud Day Events” annually.

“The initial focus was more on infrastructure and qualitative measurement,” said Frank “Hamp” Moore, attorney for the City-County Planning Commission, on Friday. “We were looking at types of noise abatement with structures. Now, it has shifted to quantitative, and that is a good method for enforcement.”

The sound monitoring system is actual similar to one used by Portland (Ore.) International Raceway that has been in operation since 1989.

The NCM plan also calls for a new earthen berm to be finished by March 1. A sound study this week showed a minimum decibel of 60 and a maximum of 65.8 with no abatement and a minimum 54.5 and a maximum of 63.4 decibels with the berm. Vehicles at the track producing a 109 level would create a minimum level of 52.5 and a maximum of 61.4 for Clark Circle residents.

Wendell Strode, executive director of the NCM, said the track doesn’t have a “total understanding” with its neighbors now. “We hope to accomplish that in the next two or three days,” he said.

Strode told the Bowling Green Daily News he is confident the issue can be resolved and the project could move on.

“We appreciate the leadership of the planning commission staff” in the process of working out a plan for tonight’s meeting, Strode said.


Source:
Bowling Green Daily News

Related:
NCM May Go to Court After Board Orders Fines, Closure of the Motorsports Park Over Noise
Corvette Museum Begins Work on a Noise Berm for the Motorsports Park
Corvette Museum’s Motorsports Park Fined $100 for Noise Violation

 



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