GENERAL ORDINANCE ____ - 2026
BY CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY AND COUNCILMEMBER PINEDA-ISAAC:
A GENERAL ORDINANCE AMENDING, IN PART, ARTICLE I, CHAPTER 66, § 66-5 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS ENTITLED “NOISE”
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Section 1. The City of Yonkers, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact: that Article I, Chapter 66, § 66-5 of the Code of the City of Yonkers entitled “Prima facie evidence of noise disturbance” is amended in part to read as follows:
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 from another residential property, above [85] 55 dBA during the time period commencing at 7:00 a.m. and ending at 10:00 p.m.
D. A sound-level reading taken at a residential property arising from a residential property above [65] 50 dBA during the time period commencing at 10:00 p.m. and ending at 7:00 a.m. the next day.
E. A sound-level reading taken at a residential property, arising from a commercial property, an industrial property, a public space or a public right-of-way, above 70 dBA during the time period commencing at 7:00 a.m. and ending at 10:00 p.m.
F. A sound-level reading taken at a residential property, arising from a commercial property, an industrial property, a public space or a public right-of-way, above 50 dBA during the time period commencing at 10:00 p.m. and ending at 7:00 a.m. the next day.
G. A sound-level reading taken at a commercial prope...
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