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It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the City to reduce the ambient noise level in the City, so as to preserve, protect and promote the public health, welfare and the peace and quiet of the inhabitants of the City, foster the convenience and comfort of its inhabitants and facilitate the enjoyment of the natural attractions of the City.
(1952 Code § 17-15-101; Ord. 3-75)
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and phrases used herein are defined as follows:
(a) "Acceleration" means the time rate of change of velocity.
(b) "Ambient noise" means the all encompassing noise associated with a given environment, being usually a composite of sounds from many sources.
(c) "ANSI" means American National Standards Institute or its successor bodies.
(e) "Critical construction equipment" means construction equipment required to operate twenty-four hours a day to protect the health and safety of the public and the workmen.
(f) "Cycle" means the complete sequence of values of a periodic quantity that occur during a period and is referred to as cycles per second or Hertz.
(g) "dbA" means the A weighted sound pressure level obtained by the use of metering characteristics in the A weighting network specified in ANSI S1.4 - 1971 or later approved revision thereof.
(h) "Decibel (db)" means a unit of measure, on a logarithmic scale to the base ten, of the ratio of the magnitude of a particular sound pressure to a standard reference pressure, which for the purposes of this Code, shall be twenty micronewtons per square meter (MN/m2).
(i) "Displacement" means the magnitude of the motion.
(j) "Emergency work" means work made necessary to restore property to a safe condition following a public calamity or work required to protect persons or property from an imminent exposure to danger or work by private or public utilities when restoring utility services or protecting them from imminent danger.
(k) "Fixed source" means a machine or device capable of creating a noise level at the property upon which it is regularly located, including, but not limited to: air conditioning and refrigeration apparatus, industrial and commercial process machinery, fan, etc.
(l) "Impulsive sound" means a noise characterized by brief excursions of sound pressure, significantly exceeding the ambient noise, the duration of a single impulse of which is less than 1 sec. and which requires for accurate measurements a specific designed instrumentation.
(m) "Impulsive vibration" means vibration resulting from an impact source, e.g., blasting or pile driving.
(n) "Motor vehicle" includes but is not limited to automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, minibikes, go-carts and snowmobiles.
(o) "Noise" means any undesired sound.
(p) "Noise level". For the purposes of this chapter, the terms "noise level" and "sound level" where used are synonymous.
(q) "Particle velocity" means the time rate of change of displacement.
(r) "Person" means any person, person's firm, association, copartnership, joint venture, corporation or any entity public or private in nature.
(s) "Sound" means an oscillation in pressure in air.
(t) "Sound analyzer" means a device for measuring a specific band pressure level or pressure spectrum level of a sound as a function of frequency.
(u) "Sound level" means in decibels, a weighted sound pressure level, measured by the use of metering characteristics and frequency weightings specified in ANSI S1.4 - 1971 "Specification for Sound Level Meters".
(v) "Sound level meter" means an instrument including a microphone, an amplifier, an output meter and frequency weighting networks for the measurement of noise and sound levels in a specified manner. The meter must satisfy the applicable requirements for Type 2 sound level meter as defined in ANSI S1.4 - 1971 or the most recent revision.
(w) "Sound pressure level" means in decibels, twenty times the logarithm to the base ten of the ratio of the magnitude of a particular sound pressure to a standard reference pressure, which for the purposes of this chapter shall be twenty micronewtons per square meter (20 MN/m2).
(x) "Steady state vibration" means continuous earthborne oscillations.
(y) "Unnecessary, excessive or offensive noise" means any offensive sound or noise which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others; or a noise level which exceeds the fixed source noise level for the zone by 10 dbA or more, when measured at the nearest property line. (See Section 507.14.)
(z) "Zoning districts" means those zoning districts established by the Toledo Zoning Ordinance.
(1952 Code § 17-15-102; Ord. 3-75)
No person shall make, continue or cause to be made or continued any unnecessary, excessive or any offensive noise which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the limits of the City.
(1952 Code § 17-15-103; Ord. 3-75)
No person shall operate or cause or permit to be operated any musical instrument, radio, phonograph, television set or any other instrument or device capable of producing noise, in such a manner or with such volume as to create unnecessary, excessive or offensive noise which annoys or disturbs the peace, quiet, comfort or repose of the neighboring inhabitants, particularly between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(1952 Code § 17-15-104; Ord. 3-75)
No person shall make, continue or cause to be made or continued at any swimming pool, unnecessary, excessive or offensive noise which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others, particularly between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(1952 Code § 17-15-105; Ord. 3-75)
No owner, keeper or harborer of any animal shall permit or suffer such animal to continuously or frequently bark, howl or emit other audible sounds which create unreasonable, excessive or offensive noise to the annoyance or discomfort of any person of ordinary sensibilities in the vicinity of such animal.
(1952 Code § 17-15-106; Ord. 545-77)
No person shall create any unnecessary, excessive or offensive noise on any street, sidewalk or property adjacent to any school, institution of learning or church while any of the same is in use, or adjacent to any hospital at any time, provided conspicuous signs are displayed in such streets, sidewalk or public place indicating the presence of a school, institution of learning, church or hospital.
(1952 Code § 17-15-107; Ord. 3-75)
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