Int 0743-2011
Noise levels in commercial and manufacturing districts.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Environmental Protectionintroduced 2011-12-19
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2011-12-19Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Environmental Protection — Department of Environmental Protection and Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability and Office of Recovery and Resiliency.
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2011-12-19 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2011-12-19 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2011-12-19 · 2:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision b of section 24-218 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding paragraphs 4 and 5 to read as follows:
§24-218 (b) Unreasonable noise shall include but shall not be limited to sound, attributable to any device, that exceeds the following prohibited noise levels:
(1) Sound, other than impulsive sound, attributable to the source, measured at a level of 7 dB(A) or more above the ambient sound level at or after 10:00 p.m. and before 7:00 a.m., as measured at any point within a receiving property or as measured at a distance of 15 feet or more from the source on a public right-of-way.
(2) Sound, other than impulsive sound, attributable to the source, measured at a level of 10 dB(A) or more above the ambient sound level at or after 7:00 a.m. and before 10:00 p.m., as measured at any point within a receiving property or as measured at a distance of 15 feet or more from the source on a public right-of-way.
(3) Impulsive sound, attributable to the source, measured at a level of 15 dB(A) or more above the ambient sound level, as measured at any point within a receiving property or as measured at a distance of 15 feet or more from the source on a public right-of-way. Impulsive sound levels shall be measured in the A-weighting network with the sound level meter set to fast response. The ambient sound level shall be taken in the A-weighting network with the sound level meter set to slow response.
(4) Sound, other than impulsive sound, attributable to the source, measured at a level of 13 dB(A) or more above the ambient sound level at as measured at any point within a receiving property or as measured at a distance of 15 feet or more from the source on a public right-of-way in any area classified as a commercial district or manufacturing district by the zoning resolution.
(5) Impulsive sound, attributable to the source, measured at a level of 18 dB(A) or more above the ambient sound level, as measured at any point within a receiving property or as measured at a distance of 15 feet or more from the source on a public right-of-way in any area classified as a commercial district or manufacturing district by the zoning resolution.
§2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.
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