Chapter 21.83

Noise

• Alarm termination time5 min

  Sounding or permitting the sounding of any exterior burglar or fire alarm or any motor vehicle burglar alarm unless such alarm is terminated within five minutes of activation.

• Construction hours within 1000 feet of noise-sensitive uses

  Construction and demolition activities located within one thousand feet of noise-sensitive land uses provided they occur during normal daytime hours, excluding Sundays and federal holidays, subject to the conditions imposed by city permit. For construction activities, daytime hours are defined as 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

• ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. loading hours

  Loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans, or similar objects between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance within a noise-sensitive area.

• Maximum audible distance for sound-amplifying equipment100 ft

  Permitting the operation or playing of any radio, stereo, television set, audio equipment, electronic equipment, drum, musical instrument, or device which produces or reproduces sound at any time of day plainly audible over background ambient conditions at a distance of one hundred feet from such device.

• ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. party hours

  Any noise, commotion or sound resulting from a party between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 12:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday that creates sound determined by either code enforcement or city peace officers to be excessive for the time and location.

• Pure tone noise reduction5 dB

  Where the noise source in question consists of speech or music, or is impulsive in nature, or contains a pure tone, the noise standards of this table are reduced by five dB.

• Residential property maintenance hours

  Noise sources associated with maintenance of residential area property, provided said activities take place between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on any day except Saturday or Sunday, or between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Saturday or Sunday.

• Vibration standard

  Operating or permitting the operation of any device that creates a vibration which is above the vibration perception threshold of an individual at any sensitive location if the source is on private property or at one hundred fifty feet from the source if on a public space or public right-of-way.