9.10.030 Residential property noise limits.

   (a)   No person shall produce, suffer or allow to be produced by any machine, animal or device, or any combination of same, on residential property, a noise level more than six dB above the local ambient at any point outside of the property plane, except as modified in (c) below.

   (b)   No person shall produce, suffer or allow to be produced by any machine, animal, or device, or any combination of same, on multi-family residential property, a noise level more than six dB above the local ambient three feet from any wall, floor, or ceiling inside any dwelling unit on the same property, when the windows and doors of the dwelling unit are closed, except within the dwelling unit in which the noise source or sources may be located.

   (c)   Electrification Equipment shall be deemed to comply with this Section 9.10.030 if the equipment complies with the maximum equipment sound levels and is placed at the setbacks established in Table 1 - Setback Requirements. As an alternative to compliance with Table 1, a property owner may utilize the limits set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 9.10.030 if those provisions would be more permissive.

Table 1 - Setback Requirements
Equipment Sound Level (dBA) West of Foothill Expressway	Equipment Sound Level (dBA) East of Foothill Expressway	Equipment Sound Level (dBA) West of Foothill Expressway for Inverter Pumps	Equipment Sound Level (dBA) East of Foothill Expressway for Inverter Pumps	Minimum Setback from Receiving Property Line (ft.)
43	53	45	55	3
44	54	46	56	4
45	55	47	57	4
46	56	48	58	5
47	57	49	59	5
48	58	50	60	6
49	59	51	61	7
50	60	52	62	7
51	61	53	63	8
52	62	54	64	9
53	63	55	65	10
54	64	56	66	12
55	65	57	67	13
56	66	58	68	15
57	67	59	69	17
58	68	60	70	19
59	69	61	71	21
60	70	62	72	24
61	71	63	73	27
62	72	64	74	30
63	73	65	75	34

 

(Ord. 5601 § 8, 2023: Ord. 4634 § 2 (part), 2000)