Ordinance 534-78 - Laserfiche WebLink

• 1 8. Assisting citizens and City departments in evaluating and 2 reducing the noise impact of their activities. 3 9. Assisting City planning officials in evaluating the noise 4 component in planning and zoning actions. 5 10. Develop a generalized sound exposure map of the City, a 6 long term plan for achieving quiet in the City, and with the approval the 7 City Council, integrate this plan into the planning process of the City. 8 11. Instituting a public education program on noise. 9 12. Review at least every three years the provisions of this 10 ordinance and recommending revisions consistent with technology to 11 reduce noise. 12 Section 8: Measurement of Sound. 13 a. If the measurements of sound are made with a sound level meter, it shall 14 be an instrument in good operating condition meeting the requirements for a Type I or 15 Type II instrument, as delineated in American National Standards Institute 16 Specifications (ANSI) Section 1.4-1971. If the measurements are made with other 1.7 instruments, or assemblages of instruments, the procedure must be carried out in such a 18 manner that the overall accuracy shall be at least that called for in Section 1.4-1971 19 ANSI for Type II instruments. 20 b. When the location, distance, or technique for measurement of sound is 21 impractical or would yield misleading or inaccurate results, measurements shall be 22 taken at other locations or distances utilizing appropriate correction factors, as 23 specified in the rules promulgated by the Administrator. 24 c. Where a receiving property is partly within one district and partly within 25 another, the maximum permissible noise level at a point within the property boundary 26 shall be that permitted into a receiving property wholly within the district in which the 27 sound is measured. 28 Section 9: Variances. 29 a. VARIANCE PROCEDURE. 30 31 32 Page -12-