Board of Commissioners, May 6, 2026
Approved: Ordinance 22-26 - Industrial noise ordinance, unanimous
What happened
On May 6, 2026, St. Joseph County approved Ordinance 22-26 - Industrial noise ordinance (unanimous).
The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners approved Ordinance 22-26, a new industrial noise ordinance with C-weighted decibel measurement, grandfathering provisions for existing industrial businesses, and a 150-foot right-of-way exception, on a unanimous 3-0 vote (with the pres…
- Jurisdiction
- St. Joseph County, IN
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- May 6, 2026
- Decisions
- 8 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
Free sample: decision 1 of 8
Ordinance 1726 - County salaries
Ratification of council-passed Ordinance 1726 (bill number 2326) establishing salaries, primarily affecting the auditor. Approved 3-0.
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Key Decisions (8)
Ordinance 1726 - County salaries
Ordinance 1826 - Transfer and appropriations
Ordinance 1926 - Health Department fines and fees
Ordinance 22-26 - Industrial noise ordinance
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Physical Assets consent agenda item
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Development Activity (3)
Amazon/AWS New Carlisle campus dewatering
Industrial
Microsoft data center
Industrial
SJEC potable water treatment plant
Infrastructure
Market Signals (4)
Infrastructure
County aquifer capacity (estimated 46-51 million gallons/day recharge) with a…
Commercial Demand
Active large-scale industrial/data-center investment from Amazon (AWS), Microsoft, and a…
Sentiment
New noise ordinance signals tighter operating standards for industrial development…
Infrastructure
Prior dewatering caused a few shallow wells to go dry…
Who spoke
12 distinct speakers; 4 identified names.
All speaker roles: 5 Staff, 2 Commissioner, 1 Chair, 1 Councilmember, 2 Public, 1 Clerk.
Identified name roles: 3 Staff, 1 Councilmember.
Speaker sample: Katrina Carter, Staff.
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Zoning terms (7)
38 recorded timestamps
- motion to approve (10 timestamps)
- industrial (13 timestamps)
- zoning (2 timestamps)
- approved (5 timestamps)
- setback (4 timestamps)
- residential (3 timestamps)
Decision moments (8)
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