Ordinance 3509-16 - Laserfiche WebLink

2. Obtaining assistance from other appropriate city departments and officials to effectively administer this noise ordinance; 3. Training police officers and staff in noise ordinance enforcement; 4. Purchasing and maintaining sound measuring equipment and training city staff in their calibration and use; 5. Investigating citizens' noise complaints; 6. Granting or denying variances according to procedures set forth in this ordinance; 7. Assisting city departments in evaluating and reducing the noise impact of their activities; 8. Providing public education and information regarding noise, this noise ordinance and City of Everett noise control districts. Section 13. Section 8 of Ordinance No. 534-78 (EMC 20.08.140), which reads as follows: Measurement of Sound. a. If the measurements of sound are made with a sound level meter, it shall be an instrument in good operating condition meeting the requirements for a Type I or Type II instrument, as delineated in American National Standards Institute Specifications (ANSI) Section 1.4-1971. If the measurements are made with other instruments, or assemblages of instruments, the procedure must be carried out in such a manner that the overall accuracy shall be at least that called for in Section 1.4-1971 ANSI for Type II instruments. b. When the location, distance, or technique for measurement of sound is impractical or would yield misleading or inaccurate results, measurements shall be taken at other locations or distances utilizing appropriate correction factors, as specified in the rules promulgated by the Administrator. c, Where a receiving property is partly within one district and partly within another, the maximum permissible noise level at a point within the property boundary shall be that permitted into a receiving property wholly within the district in which the sound is measured. Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: