(A) No person shall cause or allow the emission of excessive noise beyond the boundaries of his or her premises in excess of the following noise levels:
Property Use Emitter | Property Use Receptor | |||
Residential | Nonresidential | |||
Day | Night | Day | Night | |
Nonresidential zone emitter | 55 dBA | 45 dBA | 52 dBA | 45 dBA |
Residential zone emitter | 55 dBA | 45 dBA | 55 dBA | 45 dBA |
(B) Measurements shall be taken at a point on the property line of the emitter closest to the receptor and/or at the property line at any neighboring property (that may or may not be contiguous) with a more restrictive decibel allowance. In cases where the emitter is located on jointly owned property, such as industrial parks and condominiums, the noise measuring equipment (i.e., microphone) shall be placed at a 50-foot distance from the noise source. The microphone shall be placed no closer than five feet from any wall and not less than three feet above ground that is located about one foot beyond the boundary of the emitter’s premises within the receptors premises. The emitter’s premises include his or her individual unit of land or group of contiguous parcels under same ownership as indicted by public land records.
(1) No person shall cause or allow the emission of impulse noise in excess of 80 dBA peak sound pressure level during the night time to any residential noise zone.
(2) No person shall cause or allow the emission of impulse noise in excess of 100 dBA peak sound pressure level at any time to any zone.
(3) In those individual cases where the background noise levels caused by sources not subject to this chapter exceed the standards contained herein, a source shall be considered to cause excessive noise if the noise emitted by such source exceeds the background noise level by 5 dBA, provided that no source subject to the provisions of the noise levels in division (A) above, shall emit noise in excess of 80 dBA at any time, and provided that this section does not decrease the permissible levels of the other sections of the chapter.
(Ord. passed - -) Penalty, see § 90.99