(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or permit to be operated in connection with the drilling, completing, equipping or abandoning of a well any engine, compressor or motor-driven machinery of any type which creates a sound level greater than permitted by applicable industry standards not to exceed a level greater than 72 dB(a) when measured at a distance of 500 feet from the engine or measured immediately adjacent to any inhabited building not used in the drilling operation and located within the 500 foot distance; provided, however, a maximum sound level of 80 dB(a) shall apply to tracing operations in connection with a well, and such tracing operations shall be conducted only during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or permit to be operated in connection with the operation of a producing well any engine, compressor or motor-driven machinery of any type which creates a sound, level greater than permitted by applicable industry standards not to exceed a level greater than 65 dB(a) when measured at a distance of 500 feet from the engine or measured immediately adjacent to any inhabited building located within the 500 foot distance.
(C) If any person violates or permits the violation of the standards in divisions (A) or (B) above, then the permittee shall reduce the noise level below the requirements set forth in this section or construct a noise abatement or deflection device at the well site to divert the noise upward away from any surrounding structures.
(D) Motor power for all operations after completion of drilling operations shall be by electricity or properly muffled gas or diesel engines. The muffler shall comply with applicable industry standards.
(E) Sound level measurements shall be made with a sound level meter conforming as a minimum to the requirements of American National Standards Institute S1.4-1971 Type 2 or its successor publication and set to an A-weighted response.
(Ord. 2006-1019(2), passed 10-19-2006) Penalty, see § 113.99