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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 50', '§ 50', '§ 50', '§ 50', '§ 50', '§ 50']

Town of Brookhaven, NY NOISE CONTROL
Town of Brookhaven 6-16-1987 by L.L. No. 7-1987. Amendments noted where
Dog control and animal welfare — See Ch. 23.
Excavating and topsoil removal — See Ch. 53.
050a Table I
Chapter 50: NOISE CONTROL
public health, welfare, safety and the quality of life; and whereas
a substantial body of science and technology exists by which excessive
to and should be ensured of an environment free from excessive sound;
now, therefore, it is the policy of the Town of Brookhaven to prevent
excessive sound that may jeopardize the health, welfare or safety
of the citizens or degrade the quality of life.
Any property currently or hereinafter zoned for any classification
of business or commercial zoning according to the Zoning Map of the
Town of Brookhaven or any facility or property used for activities
involving the furnishing or handling of goods or services, including
(1) Commercial dining.
(2) Off-road vehicle operation, such as repair,
maintenance and terminaling.
(3) Retail services.
(4) Wholesale services.
(5) Banking and office activities.
(6) Recreation and entertainment.
(7) Community services.
(8) Public services.
(9) Other commercial activities.
or similar action, but excluding demolition, of buildings or structures.
logarithm of the base 10 of the ratio of the sound pressure of the
or distribution of goods, including any property currently or hereinafter
zoned for any classification of industrial zoning according to the
Zoning Map of the Town of Brookhaven.
Any vehicle which is propelled or drawn on land by an engine
MULTIDWELLING BUILDINGS
Any airborne sounds of such level and duration as to be or
tend to be injurious to human health or welfare or that would unreasonably
The noise control officer designated as the official liaison
with all municipal departments, empowered to grant permit for variances.
Any employee of the Town of Brookhaven trained in the measurement
of sound and empowered to issue a summons for violations of this chapter.
(1) Endangers the safety or health of any person;
(2) Disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities;
(3) Endangers personal or real property.
Any individual corporation, company, association, society,
or similar place that is owned or controlled by a governmental entity.
(1) The imaginary line, including its vertical extension,
that separates one parcel of real property from another; or
(2) The vertical and horizontal boundaries of a
dwelling unit that is one in a multi-dwelling-unit building.
the noise control officers.
B. The Noise Control Administrator shall have the power
departments and cooperate with all other public bodies and agencies
(2) Review the actions of other municipal departments
and advise such departments of the effect, if any, of such actions
on noise control.
review or approval by other departments, for compliance with this
C. The Noise Control Administrator shall have the authority to grant permit for variances as provided in § 50-8 of this chapter.
D. The Noise Control Administrator shall not use this
chapter in situations within the jurisdiction of the Federal Occupational
A. All departments and agencies of the Town of Brookhaven
shall, to the fullest extent consistent with other law, carry out
A. No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the operation of any source of sound on a particular category of property or any public land or right-of-way in such a manner as to create a sound level that exceeds the particular sound level limits set forth in Table I[1] when measured at or within the real property line of the receiving property, except those acts specifically prohibited in § 50-6 of this chapter for which no measurement of sound is required.
B. When measuring noise within a multidwelling unit,
all doors and windows shall be closed, and the measurements shall
be taken in the center of the room.
C. The following are exempt from the A-weighted sound pressure level limits of Table I:
(1) Noise from domestic power tools, lawn mowers and agricultural
equipment, when operated with a muffler, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on weekends
and legal holidays, provided that they produce less than 85 dBA at
any real property line of a residential property.
(2) Sound from church bells and church chimes when part
of a religious observance or service.
(3) Noise from construction activity, except as provided in § 50-6B(7).
(4) Noise from snowblowers, snow throwers and snowplows,
when operated with a muffler, for the purpose of snow removal.
(5) Noise from stationary emergency signaling devices
owned and operated by any public utility, municipal subdivision, Fire
Department or ambulance corps when used in connection with an emergency
or for testing purposes.
(6) Noise from a burglar alarm of any building or motor
more than 15 minutes in any one-hour period.
A. No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit to
be made verbally or mechanically any noise disturbance. Noncommercial
public speaking and public assembly activities conducted on any public
space or public right-of-way shall be exempt from the operation of
B. No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the
(1) Sound reproduction systems: operating, playing or permitting the operation or playing of any radio, television, phonograph or similar device that reproduces or amplifies sound in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance for any person other than the operator of the device. However, the playing of bands or other music on any commercial property shall be governed by § 50-5.[Amended 3-19-1996 by L.L. No. 10-1996, effective 3-22-1996]
(2) Loudspeakers and public address systems: use or operation
of any loudspeaker public address system or similar device between
the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in the following day during
weekdays and between 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 a.m. in the following day
on Saturdays and Sundays, except when used in connection with a public
emergency by officers of any Police Department, Fire Department or
of any municipal entity.
(3) Animals and birds: owning, possessing or harboring
any pet animal or pet bird that frequently or for continued duration
makes sounds that create a noise disturbance across a residential
real property line. For the purpose of this section, a "noise disturbance
from a barking dog" shall be defined as that created by a dog barking
continuously or intermittently for 15 minutes.[Amended 5-5-1998 by L.L. No. 11-1998,
effective 5-11-1998]
(4) Loading and unloading: loading, unloading, opening,
closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials,
liquids, garbage cans, refuse or similar objects or the pneumatic
or pumped loading or unloading of bulk materials in liquid, gaseous,
powder or pellet form or compacting refuse by persons engaged in the
business of scavenging or garbage collection, whether private or municipal,
between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and the following day
when the latter is a weekday and between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and
7:00 a.m. the following day when the latter is on a holiday, except
by permit, when the sound therefrom creates a noise disturbance across
a residential real property line.
(5) Standing motor vehicles: operating or permitting the
operation of any motor vehicle or any auxiliary equipment attached
to such a vehicle, for a period of longer than three minutes in any
hour while the vehicle is stationary, for reasons other than traffic
congestion or emergency work, on a public right-of-way or public space
within 150 feet (46 meters) of a residential area between the hours
of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in the following day.
(6) Motor vehicle repairs and testing: repairing, rebuilding, modifying or testing any motor or engine in such a manner as to exceed any applicable limit in Table I[1] across a residential area property line.
Editor's Note: Editor's Note: Table I is included at the end of this chapter.
(7) Construction: operating or permitting the operation
of any tools or equipment used in construction, drilling, earth moving,
excavating or demolition work between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00
a.m. the following day on weekdays or at any time on weekends or legal
holidays, except:[Amended 12-15-1992 by L.L. No. 15-1992, effective 12-24-1992]
(a) For emergency work.
(b) By special variance issued pursuant to § 50-3.
(d) When the result of the operation of any of said equipment
by or for any municipal agency.
(1) The emission of sound for the purpose of alerting persons to the existence of an emergency, except as provided in § 50-5C(5) or (6).
(2) The emission of sound in the performance of emergency
B. Noise from municipally sponsored celebrations or events
shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
A. Any person who owns or operates any stationary noise
source may apply to the Noise Control Administrator for a variance
from one or more of the provisions of this chapter. Applications for
a variance shall supply information, including but not limited to:
(3) The nature and intensity of noise that will occur
during the period of the variance.
B. Failure to supply the information required by the
Noise Control Administrator shall be cause for rejection of the application.
C. The Noise Control Administrator shall charge the applicant
the following fees:[Amended 11-23-2010 by L.L. No. 44-2010, effective 12-7-2010]
variance, residential permit: a fee of $125 to cover expenses resulting
from the processing of the variance application;
variance, commercial permit: a fee of $500 to cover expenses resulting
from the processing of the variance application.
D. The Noise Control Administrator may, at his/her discretion,
limit the duration of the variance, which shall never be longer than
15 days. Any person holding a variance and requesting an extension
of time may apply for a new variance under the provisions of this
section. No person shall be entitled to variances totalling more than
30 days during any calendar year.
E. The variance shall operate as a stay of prosecution.
F. The variance may be revoked by the Noise Control Administrator
if the terms of the variance are violated.
[Amended 2-15-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994,
effective 2-22-1994]
shall be guilty of a violation and shall be punishable as follows:
upon a first conviction, by a fine of not less than $25 and not exceeding
$100; upon a second conviction, by a fine of not less than $50 and
not exceeding $150; upon a third or subsequent conviction, by a fine
of not less than $100 and not exceeding $250.
B. Each two-hour period of violation of any provision
of this chapter shall constitute a separate violation.
A. Except as provided in Subsection B, in lieu of issuing a summons, the Noise Control Administrator may issue an order requiring abatement of any source of sound alleged to be in violation of this chapter within a reasonable time period and according to guidelines which the Noise Control Administrator may prescribe.
B. An abatement order shall not be issued when the Noise
Control Administrator has reason to believe that there will not be
compliance with the abatement order, when the alleged violator has
been served with a previous abatement order or has previously been
convicted for a violation of this chapter.
[Amended 12-7-1993 by L.L. No. 21-1993, effective 12-13-1993]
No provision of this chapter shall be construed
to impair any common law or statutory cause of action, or legal remedy
of this chapter or from other law. Nothing herein shall be construed
to abridge the emergency powers of any health department or the right