Westlake Village city officials say they plan to examine noise issues involving a shopping center in response to a petition by neighboring residents.

People living in the Westlake Renaissance neighborhood say they are concerned about noise at night and early in the morning at the adjacent shopping center at Lindero Canyon Road and Thousand Oaks Boulevard.

The city's municipal code prohibits deliveries between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., and it restricts other noisy activities during those hours.

The residents say bothersome noise emanates from truck deliveries, trash pickups and other activities during those hours at the Westlake Village Marketplace shopping center.

A representative of the center's management company declined to comment. An official with a fast-food restaurant in the shopping center could not immediately be reached for comment.

The petition, signed by dozens of residents and submitted to the city several weeks ago, asks officials to enforce the local regulations.

"I understand I live behind a shopping center and they make deliveries all day long, but in the municipal code it states there are no deliveries between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.," said resident Cheryl Tabbi. "I always thought the law would be enforced."

City Manager Ray Taylor said he expects the issue to be taken up by a City Council subcommittee. He said similar complaints have been lodged in past years regarding the shopping center and the same neighborhood.

"It is my sense that the matter will be referred again to the council's Public Safety Committee," Taylor said. "If violations are occurring, it's incumbent upon the city to address and to cure them."

The residents of the gated neighborhood, which is east of the shopping center, also want an extra hour of quiet on weekends. They are asking the city to modify the ordinance to ban deliveries before 8 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

Taylor said the Public Safety Committee reviewed the previous complaints about noise and met with representatives from the shopping center's management company and officials from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lost Hills station.

At one point, the shopping center hired a security guard to patrol the area during the late evening and early morning hours. However, according to one city official, there were not enough violations to warrant keeping the guard there.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Lt. John Benedict of the Lost Hills station said deputies patrol there daily, and they routinely speak to business owners and residents.

"We did contact the business owners in the area and they were understanding and willing to comply with the Westlake Village city ordinance," Benedict said.

Mayor Philippa Klessig said the city will examine the situation.

"We will see if there is anything else we can do, and we want to work from both sides. We want the businesses to be happy and the residents to be happy," Klessig said. "We have regular patrols. When an issue comes up, we try to look at it quickly."