Int 0160-2022
Noise standard for commercial establishments.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfrontsintroduced 2022-04-14
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2022-04-14Passed: 2023-12-31
Summary
This bill would amend the definition for unreasonable noise as applied to commercial establishments as sound that exceeds specified prohibited noise levels.
Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts — Department of Environmental Protection and Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability and Office of Recovery and Resiliency.
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6 passed · 44 died
This bill: 626 days in committee
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Sponsors (5)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2022-04-14 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2022-04-14 · City Council
ActionRe-referred to Committee by Council
2023-03-07 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-10-16 · Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-10-16 · Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (3)
Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts · 2023-10-16 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts · 2023-09-27 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2022-04-14 · 1:30 PM · HYBRID HEARING - Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (8)
- Summary of Int. No. 160
- Int. No. 160
- April 14, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-14-22
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 14, 2022
- Committee Report 10/16/23
- Hearing Testimony 10/16/23
- Hearing Transcript 10/16/23
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, as amended by local law 72 for the year 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(b) [Unreasonable] For music originating from an interior space in connection with the operation of any commercial establishment or enterprise, unreasonable noise shall be defined as a sound that exceeds the prohibited noise levels set forth in this subdivision; and for all other sources of noise, unreasonable noise shall include but shall not be limited to sound, attributable to any device, that exceeds the [following] prohibited noise levels set forth in this subdivision:
(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.
� 2. Section 24-244 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision c to read as follows:
(c) This section shall not apply to music originating from an interior space in connection with the operation of any commercial establishment or enterprise.
� 3. This local law takes effect immediately.
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