San Benito County Municipal Code Art. IV Sound Level

§ 19.39.030 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS.¶

No person shall operate, or permit to be operated, on private property any source of sound in such a manner as to create:

(A) A sound pressure level which exceeds the limits set forth for the receiving land use category in Table 1 which may be measured at or within the real property boundary of the receiving land use, or its vertical extension;

(B) A sound pressure level which exceeds the limits set forth for the receiving land use category in Table 1 for more than 15 minutes in 60 minutes which may be measured at or within the real property boundary of the receiving land use, or its vertical extension; or

(C) An equivalent A-weighted sound level that exceeds the limits set forth for the receiving land use category in Table 1 which may be measured at or within the real property boundary of the receiving land use or its vertical extension.

(D) A sound level that exceeds the ambient sound level by 5 dB which may be measured at or within the real property boundary of the receiving land use or its vertical extension.

TABLE 1 Maximum Sound Level Standards

LAND USE DESIGNATION	NOISE LEVEL (dBA)	NOISE LEVEL (dBA)
LAND USE DESIGNATION	Day	Night
Ag Rangeland Ag Productive Rural	45	35
Rural Transitional Rural Residential	45	35
Single-Family (R1) Residential Multiple (RM) Planned Unit Development	50	40
Commercial (C-1) Commercial (C-2)	65	55
Controlled Manufacturing (CM) Light Industrial (M-1) Heavy Industrial (M-2)	70	60

(Ord. 872, § 2 (part), 2011)

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