Ordinance - #24-03 - 03/26/2024 - Laserfiche WebLink

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1 2 3 (4) Snow removal activities. (5) Emergency public works repair/construction. (6) Parking lot maintenance or sweeping. 4 (h) All other conditions or things, which are likely to cause injury to the person or property of anyone 5 and to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. 6 (b) Sound levels. No person shall operate or cause or permit to be operated any source of noise in such 7 a manner as to create a noise level exceeding the limit set in Table 1. 8 TABLE 1 7:00 A.M. 10:00 P.M. 10:00 P.M. 7:00 A.M. Land Use L5-0 L-I0 L5-0 L-I0 Residential 65 60 55 50 gal 70 65 70 65 Industrial 80 75 80 75 9 10 (c) Measurement procedure. The following procedures must be used to obtain a representative sound 11 12 (1) A decibel meter will be used to obtain readings and be used as evidence. 13 (2) The operator of the device has sufficient training to properly operate the equipment and 14 can testify as to the manner in which the device was set up and operated. 15 (3) The device is operated with minimal distortion or interference from outside sources; and 16 has been certified as being accurate and reliable. 17 CI)Measurements must be made at least three feet off the ground or surface and away from 18 natural or artificial structures that would prevent an accurate measurement. 19 (5) Measurements must be made using an A weighting and fast response characteristics of the 20 sound measuring device as specified in American National Standards Institute S1.4 1983. 21 (6) Measurements must not be made in sustained winds or in precipitation that results in a 22 difference of less than ten decibels between the background noise level and the noise source 23 being measured. 24 (7) Measurements must be made using a microphone that is protected from ambient conditions 25 that would prevent an accurate measurement. 26 (8) Measurement must be made from the property of the person making the complaint, when 27 applicable. 28 (Code 1978, § 5.08.07; Ord. No. 04 34, § 9 27 2004) 29 30 Sec. 30-6.. Po.. or t- officia's. Sound levels and Measurement 31 The allowable sound levels and measurement standards follow the Minnesota Pollution Control 32 Guidelines for Noise found in the Minnesota Administrative Rules Section 7030. Whenever the City 33 Administrator or designee finds that a violation has occurred, penalties may be issued in accordance with 34 State Law and the City of Ramsey Code. 35 Whenever in the judgment of the City Administrator or their Designee city's health authority, city 36 engineer, or chief of police (or other such city official as may be determined by the city administrator), a Page 11 of 17 Ordinance #24-03 level measurement by the use of a sound measuring device: