The City Council is proposing a package of bills to redefine unreasonable noise and implement a noise camera program to dish out fines.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Over a third of all 311 calls in the first quarter of this year were noise-related, according to a report released Tuesday by New York City Councilmember Keith Powers, who represents the extra loud neighborhoods of Midtown and its surrounding areas. The city’s legislative body was scheduled to introduce seven bills aimed at reducing noise pollution on Wednesday, including enforcement actions against the most clamorous violators.
The legislative package seeks to amend the standards for what is unreasonable noise for commercial establishments. The new definition pertains to noise emanating from both interior and exterior spaces such as music from bars. The regulations would also extend to construction sites, which could be subject to inspections by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection , upon the request of any resident within a half-mile radius of an active work zone.
The proposed laws go beyond expanding the definition of when sound becomes a nuisance. For vehicular traffic, monitoring and enforcement actions could look a lot like the city’s existing speed camera program. One of the strategies to quiet the city is introducing so-called “noise cameras” along streets. In February 2022, the DEP announced a pilot program that installed such devices with sound meters 15 feet above roadways.
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