A. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this section 5-1-3 to exceed the following sound level limitations:
1. No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the operation of any noise source on a particular category of property or any public property or right of way in such a manner as to create a sound level that exceeds the levels in table 1 or 2 of this section.
TABLE 1
Maximum permissible sound levels A-weight averaged (LASeq) over a minimum of 5 minutes to minimize the possibility of interfering noise.
Receiving Property | Daytime Hours | Nighttime Hours |
Commercial property | 75 | 65 |
Industrial property | 75 | 65 |
Residential property | 75 | 65 |
TABLE 2
Maximum permissible sound levels C-weight averaged (LCSeq) over a minimum of 5 minutes to minimize the possibility of interfering noise.
Receiving Property | Daytime Hours | Nighttime Hours |
Commercial property | 85 | 75 |
Industrial property | 85 | 75 |
Residential property | 85 | 75 |
2. If the noise source, measured at a receiving property line, is a pure tone, then the sound level limitations set forth in tables 1 and 2 of this section shall be reduced by five (5) dBA.
B. At the discretion of a police officer and as an alternative to making a determination based upon subsection A of this section, the following standards shall be used for sounds emanating from any noise source:
1. During daytime hours, sound emanating from any noise source shall be limited in volume, tone and intensity so that the sound shall not be plainly audible to any person at a distance of two hundred (200) or more feet from the real property line of any private property on which the noise source is located, or from any noise source located on any public property or public right of way.
2. During nighttime hours, sound emanating from any noise source shall be limited in volume, tone and intensity so that the sound shall not be plainly audible to any person at a distance of one hundred (100) or more feet from the real property line of any private property on which the noise source is located, or from any noise source located on any public property or public right of way. (Ord. 469, 2-12-2013, eff. 3-8-2013)