(a) Applications for a permit for relief from the noise restrictions in this subchapter for an activity shall be made to the health director or his or her designated agent.
(b) Permits must comply with the following:
(1) Application shall be made on a form provided by the health department;
(2) Application shall be made in accordance with the application deadlines set forth in § 93.011;
(3) Payment of a fee as set forth in § 93.011, except bona fide neighborhood block parties which shall be free;
(4) Permits may be issued for any activity conducted between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. Permits shall allow the permitted sound pressure level of no more than an L90 of 70 dbA or allow no more than five peaks of 77 dbA or higher in any three-minute period until 8:00 p.m. when the permit shall allow the permitted sound pressure level of no more than an L90 of 65 dbA or no more than five peaks of 72 dbA or higher in any three-minute period. Permits shall expire at 10:30 p.m. unless otherwise stated;
(5) Permits may be issued in the Main Street Sioux Falls Business Improvement District for the purpose of music and entertainment between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. except Friday and Saturday nights when the permits may be granted from 6:00 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. These permits shall allow the permitted sound pressure level of no more than an L90 of 70 dbA or allow no more than five peaks of 77 dbA or higher in any three-minute period for the entire duration of the permit;
(6) A special sound permit for a location may be granted allowing extended time and/or decibel levels on a case by case basis. In those cases, the parameters of the event(s) covered by the permit shall be outlined on the permit;
(7) The permit may prescribe any reasonable conditions or requirements deemed necessary to minimize adverse effects upon the city or the surrounding neighborhood;
(8) The health director or his or her designated agent may revise the conditions of any permit if atmospheric conditions, topography or unanticipated acoustic reverberations increase sound levels at the receiving land;
(9) The permit shall be posted at the activity; and
(10) When sound readings are taken to determine compliance with a permit, the sound readings shall be of the sound emitting from the permitted source.
(1972 Code, § 9-6; 1992 Code, § 25.5-6) (Ord. 72-78, passed 7-10-1978; Ord. 57-98, passed 6-15-1998; Ord. 6-10, passed 2-10-2010)