Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Maximum continuous noise level in commercial districts60 dBA
Maximum dBA, Continuous Noise. Commercial: 60
- Maximum continuous noise level in industrial districts70 dBA
Maximum dBA, Continuous Noise. Industrial: 70
- Maximum continuous noise level in residential districts55 dBA
Maximum dBA, Continuous Noise. Residential: 55
- Maximum impact noise level in commercial districts70 dBA
Maximum dBA, Impact Noise. Commercial: 70
- Maximum impact noise level in industrial districts80 dBA
Maximum dBA, Impact Noise. Industrial: 80
- Maximum impact noise level in residential districts60 dBA
Maximum dBA, Impact Noise. Residential: 60
- Noise exemption for power equipment
Sound created by the operation of power equipment, such as power lawn mowers, chain saws, and similar equipment, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. shall not be regulated by these noise standards.
- Nighttime impact noise reduction5 dBA
before 7 a.m. and after 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday and before 8 a.m. and after 9 p.m. on Sunday, the permissible sound levels, at residential district boundaries where they adjoin nonresidential districts, shall be reduced by 5 dBA in the table for impact noises.
From the ordinance
No use, operation or activity shall cause or create noise in excess of the sound levels generally described as acceptable. ... Maximum dBA, Continuous Noise. Residential: 55