[§342F-31.5]  Noise measurement;
rules.  (a)  The department shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91
that shall use both the dBC and the dBA sound level measurement systems for
community noise control.  The department and the county liquor commissions may
enforce nighttime noise levels in any urban land use district measured from
over fifty to sixty decibels, measured using the dBC weighting system, in
certain areas they deem appropriate and not adversely affecting public health
and safety.



(b)  In any urban land use district, a sound
level of more than sixty decibels for bass sound (using the dBC weighting
system), measured at a complainant's site, shall be deemed to exceed the
maximum permissible sound at nighttime; provided that, where the complainant's
site is within or in close proximity to an area zoned mixed-use or residential,
the maximum permissible sound at nighttime shall be fifty decibels dBC.



(c)  For purposes of this section:



"Nighttime" means the time between
the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; and



"Urban land use district" means
property designated as such pursuant to section 205-2. [L Sp 2009, c 25, §3]



 



Note



 



  Developing recommendations for a permanent maximum decibel
sound level for chapter 281 licensees by January 2010. L Sp 2009, c 25, §2.