No person shall sell or lease or offer for sale or lease or use or operate any powered equipment or powered hand tool that produces a maximum noise level exceeding the following noise limits at a distance of 50 feet under test procedures established by § 93.10:
Type of Equipment | Noise Limit |
Agricultural tractors and equipment | 86 dB(A) |
Construction and industrial machinery, such as crawler-tractors, dozers, rotary drills and augers, loaders, power shovels, cranes, derricks, motor graders, paving machines, off-highway trucks, ditchers, trenchers, compactors, scrapers, wagons, pavement breakers, compressors and pneumatic powered equipment and the like, but not including pile drivers | 86 dB(A) |
Powered commercial equipment of 20 horsepower or less intended for infrequent use in a residential area, such as chainsaws, pavement breakers, log chippers, powered hand tools and the like | 84 dB(A) |
Powered equipment intended for repetitive use in residential areas, the equipment includes lawnmowers, small lawn and garden tools, riding tractors, snow removal equipment | 80 dB(A) |
(1999 Code, § 53.07) Penalty, see § 93.99