AGENDA DATE: 5/4/2016
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Noise Ordinance Amendment
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Public Hearing regarding an ordinance to amend County Code Chapter 7, Health and Safety, to revise regulations pertaining to construction noise
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Foley, Walker, Davis, Kamptner, Sellers, Mainzer, Graham, McCulley
PRESENTER (S): Greg Kamptner
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Thomas C. Foley
BACKGROUND: The County regulates noise under County Code Chapter 7, Health and Safety, and Chapter 18, Zoning. The noise regulations under Chapter 7 regulate certain types of sound created from specific sound sources, such as construction and demolition activities, motor vehicles, electronic devices such as sound amplification equipment, and sounds generated near noise-sensitive institutions such as schools, courts, and hospitals. The Zoning Ordinance regulates other types of noise generated by land uses.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Goal 3. Development Areas. Attract quality employment, commercial, and high density residential uses into development areas by providing services and infrastructure that encourage redevelopment and private investment while protecting the quality of neighborhoods.
DISCUSSION: County Code ? 7-105 prohibits certain sounds from being audible from a distance of 100 feet or more from the property line on which the activities are located or from within a dwelling unit or a hotel room. County Code ? 7-105(E) prohibits sounds from construction, demolition, and maintenance activities between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. County Code ? 7-106 exempts a number of sounds from the noise standards, including sound produced from construction, demolition, or maintenance activities between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Sound produced from public facilities and public uses are exempt from the noise standards entirely. By interpretation, this "public use" exemption has been extended to construction activitie...
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