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Fridley Noise

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Target's beepers:

1. Realtors'
   obligation

2. Residents'    complaints

3. Target's deception

4. Scope of the issue

5. Unjustifiable

6. Target's invasion

7. The right to know

8. Daily log

9. Analysis

10. Video


11. Other
    noise issues

Target's invasion:


My home has been in our family since my parents had the house built in 1956. The entire woods along Rice Creek was at that time zoned residential. I have an original copy of the zoning map from the 1950s. The city of Fridley rezoned that area to commercial/industrial, allowing Target to build their massive warehouse.

The entire neighborhood predates Target's invasion.

They are intruders -- who don't even live in this neighborhood -- who have trashed our neighborhood.

Target began utilizing backup beepers about ten years ago.

Since then, I have not considered my neighborhood to be a livable place.

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I would never consider buying a house in my neighborhood.
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I am typically restrained from having:

   a window open to enjoy the sounds of summer,
   a window open to receive fresh air.

In fact, as mentioned on the "scope of the issue" page, even though my house is 0.4 mile from the Target yard, I plainly hear the beepers through my closed double-pane windows. There is no possibility of tuning them out. The beepers wake me up in the middle of the night, even with my windows closed.

I typically cannot enjoy:

   my yard,
   my screen porch,
   my sundeck,
   the sound of birds,
   the gentle rising and falling sound of traffic,
   the sound of the breeze in the trees,
   the sound of children playing at the school grounds,
   the sound of a gentle rain,
   the sound of crickets at night.

All those wonderful sounds of spring, summer and fall
are eradicated by Target's unjustifiable beepers.

My dogs would love for me to take them walking through the woods along Rice Creek. But nearly every time I've tried to take them there on a Sunday morning, Target's beepers are blasting the entire woods and surrounding area. I have a hard time bringing myself to walk my dogs anywhere at all on the days that Target's backup beepers are active.

With the woods along Rice Creek being strongly affected by Target's backup beepers, the animals of the forest suffer from the shrill noise. The noise ordinance of the City of Fridley actually includes animals as sentient beings of concern:

"Sound Receiving Unit: A person, activity, animal life, or property that is affected by noise."