Int 0412-2006

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision (b) and subdivision (c) of section 24-227 of the administrative code of the city of New York are amended to read as follows: (b) On and after the effective date of this section, when a new circulation device is installed on any building lot or an existing device on any building lot is replaced, the cumulative sound from all circulation devices on such building lot owned or controlled by the owner or person in control of the new device being installed or the existing device being replaced shall not exceed 45 dB(A), when measured as specified in subdivision a of this section. [For a period of two years after the effective date of this section, this subdivision shall not apply to the replacement of a circulation device that was installed on any building lot prior to the effective date of this section by a device of comparable capacity.] (c) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision b of this section, with respect to circulation devices installed on any building lot prior to the effective date of this section, the sound level limit of 42 dB(A) referred to in subdivision a of this section shall apply to each individual device except that if the cumulative sound from all devices [owned or controlled by the same person] on a building lot exceeds 50 dB(A), when measured as specified in subdivision a of this section, the commissioner [may]shall order that the [order the owner or person in control of such devices to achieve a 5 dB(A) reduction in such] cumulative sound level of such devices is reduced by 5dB(A) not more than 12 months after the issuance of such order, and that such sound level is continually reduced by 5dB(A) during every 12-month period thereafter, until such sound level does not exceed 50 dB(A). §2. This local law shall take effect July 1, 2007. DD 5/25/06 LS #581, 10:30 a.m.