MARIETTA - Terri Fabrizio, who lives on Park Manor Terrace, says she's been complaining to the city for years about the noise that comes from the industrial businesses along Marble Mill Road.

"You know there is a problem, yet you do nothing," she wrote council members in a May 20 e-mail.

Fabrizio wants the council to mandate that hours of operation be limited from Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. with no nights, weekends or holidays.

The area where the businesses are is zoned heavy industrial, and Code Enforcement Manager Garry Thomas said they are allowed to operate 24 hours per day, "as long as they don't exceed the sound level limits" - which decrease slightly after 11 p.m.

Fabrizio says residents in her neighborhood can't enjoy spending time in their yards, can't open their windows and can't sleep at night because of the constant "banging and beeping" of equipment on Marble Mill Road.

"If I stood outside each of your bedroom windows each night banging and making loud noises, would you call the police? Absolutely," Fabrizio writes. "I'm sure each of you would take action and have me thrown off your property. So why don't you take action and help us?"

Thomas said three of the businesses have been cited for noise violations. They are Republic Services on March 8, Marietta Recycling Center on March 22 and Blaze Recycling on March 30. However, he said citing is the same as being put on notice, and the businesses came into compliance each time.

Councilman Anthony Coleman says capping the hours of operation during the suggested times is reasonable to him.

"It's been going on for years, and I'm going to continue to fight this issue," Coleman said. "It's not acceptable. We've got to respect the residents and citizens of the city of Marietta. This has been an ongoing issue and the City Council ought to step up to the plate."

In 2008, Coleman, representing the residents of Kennesaw Battle subdivision who complained about the noise and debris associated with a scrap yard off Marble Mill Road, confronted then-Mayor Bill Dunaway. The scrap yard, Marietta Recycling Center, is owned by Steve Stewart, who bought the 4.6-acre tract for his company in 2006 from Dunaway. Dunaway also leases the front part of the property, 2.7 acres, to Marietta Recycling, which Stewart uses for office space. In response to the community, Marietta Recycling built a concrete wall around the business, paved the property with concrete to cut down on dust, and planted trees between his business and the neighborhood.

But that hasn't solved the noise problem for Fabrizio.

"I moved to this neighborhood because of its proximity to Kennesaw Battlefield National Park, the beauty of Kennesaw Avenue, and Marietta Square," Fabrizio said.

"Industrial activity in a residential neighborhood mars beauty that should be preserved. I walked along the National Battlefield recently and for 20 minutes I counted 28 commercial vehicles, garbage trucks, dump trucks and cement trucks whizzing past me. It is unbelievable to me that this is allowed to happen."