GENERAL ORDINANCE
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP NORMAN, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA-ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
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GENERAL ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 66 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS KNOWN AS "NOISE" RELATING TO PROHIBITED NOISES.
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The City of Yonkers, in City Council convened, hereby ordains and enacts:
Section 1. Chapter 66 of the Code of the City of Yonkers entitled "Noise" is hereby amended, in part, by amending Subsection A of 66-4 entitled "Enumeration of prohibited noises" to read as follows:
? 66-4. Enumeration of prohibited noises.
The following acts are declared to be a violation of ?66-3. Said enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive.
A. Sound- reproduction systems, in violation of the dBA's outlined in ? 66-5: operating, playing, or permitting the operation or playing of any radio, phonograph, tape player , compact disc player, television, receiver, 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.
Section 2. Chapter 66 of the Code of the City of Yonkers entitled "Noise" is hereby amended, in part, by amending Section 66-5 entitled "Prima facie evidence of noise disturbance" to read as follows:
?66-5 Prima facie evidence of noise disturbance
The following shall be considered prima facie evidence of noise disturbance:
A. A sound-level reading taken at a dwelling within a multi-dwelling-unit building, arising from any location within a multi-dwelling-unit building, above 50 dBA during the time period commencing at 7:00 a.m. and ending at 10:00 p.m.
B. A sound-level reading taken at a dwelling within a multi-dwelling-unit building, arising from any location within a multi-dwelling-unit building, above 45 dBA during the time period commencing at 10:00 p.m. and ending at 7:00 a.m. the next day.
C. A sound-level reading taken at a residential property, arising fr...
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