No person shall, at any location within the City, create any noise, nor shall any person allow the creation of any noise within the person's control on public or private property (hereinafter "noise source"), which causes the noise level when measured on any other property (hereinafter "receptor property"), to exceed the applicable noise standard, except as set forth in subsection C1 of this section.
A. Residential Property: Five (5) dBA above the ambient noise level.
B. Commercial And Industrial Property: Eight (8) dBA above the ambient noise level.
C. Adjustments:
1. Increases to the noise standards as set forth in subsections A and B of this Section may be permitted in accordance with the following:
NOISE STANDARDS ADJUSTMENTS
Permitted Duration of
Increase Increase
Increase Increase
(dBA) (minutes)*
0 30
5 15
10 5
15 1
20 l ess than 1
* Cumulative minutes during any one hour.
2. If the receptor property is located on a boundary between two (2) different noise zones, the lower noise level standard applicable to the quieter zone shall apply. (Ord. 1242, 1-16-1996)