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ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AMENDING ARTICLE II. - NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF ANY REFUSE COLLECTION MOBILE NOISE SOURCE TO PROVIDE ANY GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) DATA IN HIS/HER POSSESSION THAT IS RELEVANT TO A CREDIBLE ALLEGATION OF A VIOLATION OF ARTICLE XVI, SECTION 17-129(C) UPON REQUEST BY THE CITY'S CHIEF OF POLICE OR DESIGNEE.
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ARTICLE II. - NOISE CONTROL
? Sec. 18-71. - Title.
? This article shall be known as the "Noise Control Ordinances."
(Ord. No. 1422, 7-6-06)
? Sec. 18-72. - Purpose.
? It is recognized that people throughout the entire City of New Haven have a right to and should be ensured an environment free from excessive sound and vibration that may jeopardize their health, safety, welfare, or quality of life. This article is enacted to protect, preserve and promote these values for all the citizens of New Haven through the reduction, control and prevention of unlawfully excessive noise.
(Ord. No. 1422, 7-6-06)
? Sec. 18-73. - Definitions.
? The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this article:
(a)
Ambient noise or background noise means a noise of a measurable intensity which exists at a point as a result of a combination of many distant individually indistinguishable sources. In statistical terms, it is the level which is exceeded ninety (90) percent of the time (L90) in which the measurement is taken.
(b)
Collection means the act of picking up refuse at its point of generation or storage, placing it in a vehicle, and completing the process at each location.
(c)
Commercial zone means all commercial districts and business districts, including BA, BB, BC, BD, BD-1 and BE as defined in the zoning regulations of the City of New Haven, and all uses associated therewith permitted either as a right or as a special use.
(d)
Compression release type braking system means any device equipped on certain commercial vehicles, including but not limited to, tracto...
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