1 It shall be unlawful for any person to use any pile driver, shovel, hammer, derrick, hoist, tractor, roller, power or chain saw, power lawnmower or other mechanical apparatus operated by fuel or electric power in building or construction operations or in outdoor private business or residential use, between the hours of nine thirty o'clock (9:30) P.M. and 7 o'clock (7:00) A.M., except for work on public improvements and work of public service utilities, within six hundred feet (600') of any building used for residential or hospital purposes. (Ord. 2423, 7-6-93; Amd. Ord. 4169, 9-5-06)
2. No person shall sell or lease, or offer for sale or lease, any powered equipment or powered hand tool that produces a maximum noise level exceeding the following noise limits at a distance of fifty feet (50'), under subsection 3 of the Test Procedures Section of this Chapter.
Type of Equipment Noise Limit
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, etc., but not including pile drivers -
Manufactured after 1 Jan. 1972 94 dB (A)
Manufactured after 1 Jan. 1973 88 dB (A)
Manufactured after 1 Jan. 1975 86 dB (A)
Manufactured after 1 Jan. 1980 80 dB (A)
Agricultural tractors and equipment -
Manufactured after 1 Jan. 1972 88 dB (A)
Manufactured after 1 Jan. 1975 86 dB (A)
Manufactured after 1 Jan. 1980 80 dB (A)
Powered commercial equipment of 20 HP or less intended for infrequent use in a residential area, such as chain saws, pavement breakers, log chippers, powered hand tools, etc. -
Manufactured after 1 Jan. 1972 88 dB (A)
Manufactured after 1 Jan. 1973 84 dB (A)
Manufactured after 1 Jan. 1980 80 dB (A)
Powered equipment intended for repetitive use in residential areas. Such equipment includes lawn mowers, small lawn and garden tools, riding tractors, snow removal equipment -
Manufactured after 1 Jan. 1972 74 dB (A)
Manufactured after 1 Jan. 1975 70 dB (A)
Manufactured after 1 Jan. 1978 65 dB (A)