( from
citymayors.com )
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has put forward legislation, which will provide the first comprehensive overhaul of the New York City Noise Code in over 30 years.
The legislation focuses on five areas:
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Reducing sound resulting from construction
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More practical regulation of sound from commercial music sources
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Closing a loophole in current code provisions governing air conditioning and air circulating devices
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Simplify enforcement by using a ‘plainly audible’ standard instead of conventional decibel limits, which require use of a noise meter
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Increase enforcement effectiveness by limiting the Code’s
use of a standard of 'Unreasonable to a person of normal sensitivities
The new code will augment the successful anti-noise initiative,
Operation Silent Night. Silent Night targeted 24 high-noise
neighbourhoods throughout the City with intensive enforcement
measures. Since its inception in late 2002, using sound meters,
towing of vehicles, seizure of audio equipment, summonses, fines,
and arrests, the initiative resulted in the issuing of 3,706 noise
summonses, 80,056 parking violations, 40,779 moving violations,
33,996 criminal court summonses, and 252 DEP noise violations. The
New York City Police Department is currently identifying new
neighbourhoods to be targeted for noise control under Operation
Silent Night.
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