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Woodbine City Zoning Code

§ 26-35.5

Noise.

[Added 6-16-2022 by Ord. No. 606-2022]
The sound level of any operation (other than the operation of motor vehicles or other transportation facilities, operations involved in the construction or demolition of structures, emergency alarm signals of time signals) shall not exceed the decibel levels in the designated octave bands as stated below. The sound-pressure level shall be measured with a Sound Level Meter and an Octave Band Analyzer that conform to specifications published by the American Standards Association, New York, New York.
a. 
The maximum permissible sound-pressure levels for smooth and continuous noise shall be as follows: (all of the decibel levels stated below shall apply in each case) between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Frequency Band (Cycles Per Second)
Maximum Permitted Sound Pressure Level Decibels
20 - 75
69
75 - 150
54
150 - 300
47
300 - 600
41
600 - 1,200
37
1,200 - 2,400
34
2,400 - 4,800
31
Above 4,800
28
b. 
If the noise is not smooth and continuous (if the variation of the noise level involves maximum at intervals of one second or less, it is to be considered as continuous noise) or it is not radiated at nighttime, one or more of the corrections below shall be added to or subtracted from each of the decibel levels given above.
Type of operation of Character of Noise
Correction In Decibels
Daytime operation only (7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
+5
Noise occurs less than 5% of any one-hour period
+5
Noise is of peculiar character (hum, scream, etc.) or is of impulsive character (hammering, etc.) (In the case of impulsive noise, the correction shall apply only to the average pressure during an impulse, and impulse peaks shall not exceed the basic standards given above.)
-5