Meetings on peripheral zoning, Cape Girardeau noise ordinance tonight

Two meetings on hot issues in Cape Girardeau County and the city will take place tonight at the Osage Community Centre.

A public hearing on the Cape Girardeau city government's peripheral zoning proposal -- which would establish an AG-1 zone two miles outside the city's boundaries -- will take place at 7 p.m. City leaders will be on hand to give information about the proposal, which must be approved by the three-member county commission to take effect.

At 6:30 p.m. a meeting concerning the city's noise ordinance will take place at the Osage. City officials and others have been working on drafting a revised noise ordinance for months, spurred by complaints about loud music downtown at the outdoor venue Bel Air.

Look for reports from these meetings tonight on semissourian.com and in Wednesday's Southeast Missourian.