Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Construction activity restrictions
Construction activity shall be limited to certain hours; no construction permitted on Sunday and federal holidays.
- Loading/unloading restrictions in commercial/industrial abutting residential
Loading, unloading, opening, closing, or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans, or similar objects shall not occur in commercial or industrial areas abutting residential zoning districts between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
- Loading/unloading restrictions near residential
Loading, unloading, opening, closing, or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans, or similar objects shall not occur between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in a manner that would cause a noise disturbance to a residential zoning district.
- Maintenance activity restrictions
Maintenance activities in landscape and parking areas (i.e., mechanical sweeping, mechanical grass cutting, mechanical blowing) shall not occur between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in a manner that would cause a noise disturbance to a residential zoning district.
- Noise exceedance limits
Noise levels shall not exceed the standard for more than 30 minutes in any hour; standard +5 dB for more than 15 minutes; +10 dB for more than 5 minutes; +15 dB for more than 1 minute; +20 dB for any period.
- Vehicle repair restrictions
Repairs, rebuilding, modifying, or testing of motor vehicles, motorcycles, motorboats, or other motorized vehicles shall not occur between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in a manner that would cause a noise disturbance to a residential zoning district.
From the ordinance
The following noise levels are the maximums permitted in the City... It shall be unlawful for any person to create any noise that causes the noise level to exceed the standard for cumulative periods.