(a) No person authorized to engage in waste disposal services or garbage collection shall provide services so as to create an unnecessary amount of noise. For the purpose of this section, noise emitted by equipment shall not be deemed unnecessary or without justification if the person engaged in such services has to the extent reasonable and feasible in the judgment of the City Manager or Chief of Police or the city’s authorized representative, incorporated available sound-deadening devices into equipment used in rendering those services.
(b) No person authorized, shall engage in waste disposal services or garbage loading and/or compacting equipment or similar mechanical device in any manner so as to create any noise exceeding the following intermittent sound levels when measured at a distance of 50 feet from the equipment when within 500 feet of a residential zone unless the person has filed an application for a variance in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(1) On or after a date one year after the effective date of this chapter. | 9:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m. | 5:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
80 dbA | 87 dbA | |
(2) On or after a date 48 months after the effective date of this chapter. | 9:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m. | 5:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
80 dbA | 82 dbA | |
(3) Impulsive sounds shall not exceed the levels specified in division (b)(1) or (b)(2) hereof by more than five dbA | ||
(Ord. 88-151, passed 12-11-1989)
Cross-reference:
Rubbish and waste collection regulations, see § 961.01