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(a) No person shall create or cause to be emitted from his or her person or from any stationary noise source, any noise which causes or results in a noise level equal to or exceeding 60 dBA measured at any lot line of any lot located in any commercial or industrial zoning district other than a lot in a residential or institutional use.
(1964 Code, § 510.04)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 1981-88, passed 8-3-1981)
(a) No person shall create or cause to be emitted from any mobile noise source, other than his or her person, any noise which causes or results in a maximum noise level equal to or exceeding 85 dBA at a distance equal to or greater than 50 feet from the closest point of the source, except for trucks exceeding 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, for which the maximum allowable noise level shall be 90 dBA at a distance equal to or greater than 50 feet from the closest point of the source.
(b) For other measurement distances, the following table shall apply:
Measurement distance in feet | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 |
Maximum permissible noise level in dBA | 85 | 87 | 90 | 93 |
(c) For trucks exceeding 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, permissible noise levels in the preceding table shall be increased by five dBA.
(1964 Code, § 510.05)
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 698.02.
(Ord. 1981-88, passed 8-3-1981)
(a) No person or persons owning, leasing or controlling the operation of any place used for entertainment shall willfully, negligently or through failure to take necessary precautions, permit the imposition or continuation of a sound pressure (noise) level exceeding 85 dBA on any member of the audience by said person or by any person engaged or employed by said person.
(1964 Code, § 510.07)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 1981-88, passed 8-3-1981)
(a) No person, by himself or herself or by the operation of any instrument, device, agency or vehicle, shall make any unnecessary or unseemly noise within 150 feet of any portion of the grounds and premises on which is located a hospital or other institution reserved for the sick, aged or infirm, or within 150 feet of any school, court house, church or building in which religious services are held, during school hours, hours of public worship, or hours of holding court. The area within 150 feet of a hospital, school, court house or church shall be officially known as a
ZONE OF QUIET and the Director of Service shall place signs within such zones of quiet calling attention to the prohibition against unnecessary noises.
(1964 Code, § 510.08)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 1981-88, passed 8-3-1981)
(a) Any property use established in a zoning district, as defined and designated under the provisions of the Zoning Code, shall be so operated as to comply with the performance standards governing noise set forth hereinafter for the district in which such use shall be located.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 1981-88, passed 8-3-1981)
Noise levels shall be measured in terms of the sound pressure level in octave-frequency bands using equipment which meets the requirements established by this chapter. Noises such as those of an irregular and intermittent nature shall be restricted as provided for hereinafter.
(Ord. 1981-88, passed 8-3-1981)
(a) In manufacturing zoning districts, inclusive, at no point on the boundary of a residential, retail or commercial zoning district shall the sound pressure level of any individual operation or plant, or the combined operations of any person, firm or corporation, exceed the decibel levels in the designated octave bands shown below for the zoning districts indicated as measured under the test procedures established by § 634.22.
Octave Ban Center Frequency (Hz) | Maximum Sound Pressure Levels (dB) along District Boundaries | |
Residence | Retail and Commercial | |
Daytime | ||
Octave Ban Center Frequency (Hz) | Maximum Sound Pressure Levels (dB) along District Boundaries | |
Residence | Retail and Commercial | |
Daytime | ||
31.5 | 77 | 84 |
1,000 | 50 | 57 |
2,000 | 44 | 51 |
4,000 | 39 | 46 |
8,000 | 37 | 44 |
A-scale levels (for monitoring purposes) | 60 dBA | 67 dBA |
Nighttime | ||
31.5 | 67 | 74 |
1,000 | 40 | 47 |
2,000 | 34 | 41 |
4,000 | 29 | 36 |
8,000 | 27 | 34 |
A-scale levels (for monitoring purposes) | 50 dBA | 57 dBA |
(b) In retail and commercial zoning districts, all activities involving the production, processing, cleaning, servicing, testing or repair of materials, goods or products, or any property use, shall conform with the performance standards stated in division (a) hereof, provided that performance standards shall in every case be applied at the boundaries of the lot on which any such activities take place.
(c) In residential zoning districts, any property use shall conform with the performance standards stated above for residential district boundaries, provided that performance standards shall in every case be applied at the boundaries of the lot on which such use is established.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 1981-88, passed 8-3-1981)
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