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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 18:55:23+00:00

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(e) The commissioner shall adopt rules prescribing specific time frames for inspections in response to after hours noise complaints received by the department in order to ensure that such inspections are most likely to occur at (i) a time that the alleged noise is continued from the time of the complaint or (ii) at a time when the alleged noise is likely to be repeated.
(6) [steam shovels] interior renovation as defined in such rules.
(9) [steam or] electric powered hoists.
(10) off-road construction vehicles other than trucks.
(16) construction devices with internal combustion engines.
(17) construction devices that emit impulsive sound.
(18) construction devices that create vibration.
(19) metal plates used in street construction to temporarily cover excavations.
(20) any other construction devices or activities specified in such rules.
(e) The plan shall be filed electronically with the department no later than 30 days after the commencement of construction if it conforms in all respects to the rules of the department with respect to construction devices and activities employed or performed at the construction site. A plan that deviates in any respect from such rules or an alternative noise mitigation plan required to be certified in conjunction with an undue hardship application pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (e) of section 24-223 shall be subject to the prior approval of the commissioner in accordance with section 24-221 of this code.
§ 24-221. Alternative noise mitigation plan. (a) Upon application, the commissioner may approve an alternative noise mitigation plan for a particular construction site that deviates from strict compliance with the noise mitigation rules. Application for approval of such plan shall beelectronically submitted to the department at least ten business days prior to the commencement of construction or as soon as practicable but no later than 24 hours prior to the commencement of construction in a form and manner and accompanied by such information and documentation as shall be set forth in the rules of the department. An application for approval may be submitted after the commencement of construction if an application includes a showing that all reasonable available mitigation measures have been implemented since the commencement of constructionbut aggregate sound levels from the site exceed or are reasonably anticipated to exceed one or more of the applicable limits in this chapter.
(2) the alternative noise mitigation strategies, methods, procedures or equipment proposed are consistent with the purposes and policies of this code.
(4) the alternative noise mitigation strategies, methods, procedures or equipment proposed are consistent with the purposes and policies of this code.
(c)] Where the commissioner rejects an alternative noise mitigation plan, an applicant may appeal such rejection in accordance with the rules of the department. An alternative plan shall not be in effect unless and until it has been approved by the commissioner except that where a timely alternative plan has been filed with the commissioner for approval, a construction site in compliance with such alternative plan shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section unless and until such plan is rejected by the commissioner and for a reasonable time thereafter as determined by the commissioner.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, construction work performed in accordance with an approved alternative noise mitigation plan containing decibel level limits and requirements prescribed for specific sources or devices that is in full compliance with this section and the rules promulgated by the department thereunder shall be deemed to be in full compliance with all decibel level limits set forth in any other section of this chapter.
(4) 85dB(A) as measured 50 or more feet from the source or sources at a point outside the property line where the source or sources are located, or as measured 50 or more feet from the source or sources on a public-right-of-way when the source is street construction.
§ 24-223.1 Stop work order.
(a) Whenever the department finds that any work is being performed in violation of section 24-222 or section 24-228 or any rules promulgated thereunder, and such work poses a threat to human health and safety, the department may issue a stop work order with respect to such work or solely with respect to the equipment used for work being performed in violation of section 24-222 or 24-228.
(b) Such order may be given (i) verbally or (ii) posted at the site and served personally on or mailed to the owner, lessee or occupant of the site, or to the person executing the work at the site, or to the agent of any of them and shall include the reason for the issuance of the stop work order. A verbal stop work order shall be followed promptly by a written order in accordance with this subdivision.
(c) Upon issuance of a stop work order, work specified in the order shall immediately cease, except work authorized or required by the commissioner or the head of any other agency to ensure public safety or to stabilize the site.
(d) No person shall with knowledge or notice of a stop work order allow, authorize, promote, continue or cause to be continued such work that is the subject of the stop work order.
(e) A stop work order issued pursuant to subdivision a of this section may be appealed in accordance with the rules of the department, and the commissioner shall provide notice and an opportunity to be heard within 14 days of the filing of such appeal. A stop work order shall be lifted if, upon appeal, the commissioner determines that the issuance of such order was not proper, or upon the submission of proof satisfactory to the commissioner that the requirements of such order have been satisfied. In the case of a verbal order, if the commissioner determines that the condition that gave rise to the order has been immediately corrected, including but not limited to which devices or activities may not be used or performed at the same time and which activities may be prohibited, such order shall be lifted at once and shall not be followed by a written order.
(1) Sound, other than impulsive sound, attributable to the source or sources, that exceeds 85 dB(A) as measured 50 or more feet from the source or sources at a point outside the property line where the source or sources are located or as measured 50 or more feet from the source or sources on a public right-of-way.
(2) Impulsive sound, attributable to the source, that is 15 dB(A) or more above the ambient sound level as measured at any point within a receiving property or as measured at a distance of 15 feet or more from the source on a public right-of-way. Impulsive sound levels shall be measured in the A-weighting network with the sound level meter set to fast response. The ambient sound level shall be taken in the A-weighting network with the sound level meter set to slow response.
(3) Sound that exceeds the decibel levels set forth in subdivision (d) of section 24-223 during the time that an after hours authorization is required to be in effect.
(b) Where a particular sound source or device is subject to decibel level limits and requirements specifically prescribed for such source or device elsewhere in this code, such specific decibel limits shall apply to such device or source. However, if aggregate sound levels from a construction site exceed the limits set forth in this section, compliance with such specific decibel limits shall not be a defense in any proceeding relating to a violation of this section.
§ 9. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law, provided that section three takes effect on the same date that a local law for the year 2017 amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to public access to noise mitigation plans, as proposed in introduction number 1300-A, takes effect and except that the department of environmental protection may take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such date and further provided that the amendments to section 24-221, 24-223 and 24-228 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York made by sections four, five and eight of this local law that increase or impose new decibel level limits and the amendments to section 24-224 of such code made by section seven of this local law shall not apply to construction sites where construction work is performed pursuant to a permit issued prior to the effective date of sections four, five, seven and eight of this local law or in case of construction by or on behalf of a city agency where construction work is performed under a contract bid out prior to the effective date of sections four, five, seven and eight of this local law.
§ 24-207.1 Inspections in response to after hours construction work noise. The department shall conduct inspections prior to 7 a.m. or after 6 p.m. in response to complaints of noise related to after hours construction work either (i) on the same day such complaint was received within 2 hours of the receipt of such complaint, (ii) the next weekday within an hour of the time of the receipt of such complaint where such complaint was received on a weekday, (iii) the next weekend day within an hour of the time of the receipt of such complaint where such complaint was received on a weekend day, or (iv) the next week, on the same day of the week and within an hour of the time of receipt of such complaint.
§ 24-207.2 Inspections in response to weekend construction work noise. The department shall conduct inspections in response to complaints of noise related to weekend construction work either (i) within two hours of receiving such complaint, (ii) the next weekend day within an hour of the of the time of receipt of such complaint, or (iii) the next week, on the same day of the week and within an hour of the time of receipt of such complaint.
§ 24-207.3 Inspections in response to music or loud noise. The department shall conduct inspections in response to complaints of noise related to music or loud noise originating from or in connection with the operation of any commercial establishment or enterprise either (i) within two hours of receiving such complaint, (ii) prior to 4 a.m. if such complaint is received after 9 p.m, (iii) the next weekend day within an hour of the time of the receipt of such complaint where such complaint was received on a weekend day prior to 6 p.m., or (iv) the next weekday within an hour of the time of receipt of such complaint where such complaint was received on a weekday, or (iii) the next week, on the same day of the week and within an hour of the time of receipt of such complaint.
§ 24-207.4. Nothing under this section shall prevent the department from conducting additional inspections in addition to those mandated herein or invalidate any violation issued out of compliance with this section.
(vi) the amount of civil penalties which were paid in response to such violations.
(a) If the respondent fails or refuses to comply with the board's order, or the board otherwise deems it necessary, the corporation counsel for the city of New York, acting in the name of the city, may maintain an action or proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with or restrain by injunction the violation of any order of the board or to provide such other relief as the court deems acceptable.

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