Lansing weighs noise ordinance changes as airport unveils 20-year plan

Lansing City Council members are set to hold a public hearing on Monday to consider an amended noise ordinance that would replace decibel measurements with a plainly audible standard. Under the proposed changes, enforcement would rely on whether sound is audible at specific distances and times of day, including rhythmic bass components of music, without requiring officers to identify the specific source or measure exact decibel levels.

Capital Region International Airport leaders plan to hold a public open house on Tuesday to discuss the airport’s 20-year master plan. The discussion will include an overview of leadership’s preferred development plan, which addresses the current terminal layout and includes a $12.5 million reconstruction of key roadways serving the airport that began earlier this year.

Former Michigan State University resident physician Arpit Saxena is scheduled to return to court in East Lansing on Thursday to face multiple allegations of sexual assault. Saxena is being held at the Ingham County Jail with a $2 million bond on three charges of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and one charge of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.

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