It’s not over yet, but the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park’s excessive noise legal battle could be nearing an end.
Voluntary noise restrictions implemented this summer have apparently satisfied the majority of residents near the Bowling Green racetrack.
“This summer the track made less noise,” said Chris Davenport, a Bowling Green attorney who represents Residents Against Motorsports Track Noise LLC, which includes just over half of the 60 property owners in nearby Clark Circle. “And, that was documented by my engineers.”
The next step is for those voluntary noise restrictions to be placed in binding elements of a detailed development plan to be considered by the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County for possible recommendation to Warren County Fiscal Court. A civil trial in that court under Warren County Circuit Judge John Grise to consider possible monetary damages due the residents for the noise had been scheduled for Nov. 1, but it has been continued until a status hearing slated for Jan. 11.
“The Planning Commission holds the key to this,” said Charlie E. “Buzz” English, NCM attorney. “The positive thing about this agreement is we have been operating voluntarily under these restrictions the past year.”
English said the two sides have agreed to a 103 decibel limit on any vehicle on the track off Grimes Road, with a noise monitoring station to be installed in the Clark Circle neighborhood. Eight “exception days” when the noise can exceed 103 decibels are also in the agreement.
Davenport said the residents (except for one who is still negotiating) are satisfied with the restrictions.
“We needed to find a better way to codify a detailed testing scheme,” Davenport said. “They (NCM) have come down 10 decibels. What we have is a much more palatable environment for the homeowners.”
The lone holdout to the agreement owns two parcels on Grimes Road, according to Davenport, and needed to be considered differently because of the noise impact there. That owner agreed to the trial continuance and continues to seek an amicable agreement.
The NCM has until March 1 to submit a new detailed development plan to the planning commission, but English said he expects the plan to go to the planning commission well before then.
“The planning commission only wants to take this up once,” English told The Bowling Green Daily News, “and we will work with the staff.”
Meanwhile, in a separate legal matter, the NCM continues to appeal a code enforcement fine in Warren District Judge John Brown’s court.
Source:
bgdailynews.com
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Just give ’em a new Corvette and they will STFU – that’s what they are looking for. 103 db is pretty tame, especially when not a continuous noise level.
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Start buying up the houses in that hood. One at a time. Use the property for housing guests as rentals with garages to prep cars for track. Simple!
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