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New York City Administrative Code Section 24-225 Construction devices - Refuse Collection Vehicles.

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    * § 24-225 Construction devices. Except as provided in subchapter five
  of this chapter of this code, no person shall operate or use or cause to
  be  operated or used a construction device in such a way as to create an
  unreasonable noise.
    * NB Effective until July 1, 2007
    *§ 24-225 Refuse collection vehicles. (a) No person shall sell,  offer
  for  sale, operate or permit to be operated a refuse collection vehicle,
  equipped with a compacter, that produces a maximum sound level when  the
  compacting  mechanism  is  in  the  compacting  cycle but not engaged in
  compacting a load that exceeds 80 dB(A), when measured by a sound  level
  meter  set  for  slow response at a distance of 35 feet or more from the
  compacting unit.
    (b) It shall be unlawful to operate or cause to be operated  a  refuse
  collection  vehicle, including such a vehicle equipped with a compacter,
  within 50 feet of any residential receiving property at or  after  11:00
  p.m.  and  before  7:00  a.m.  if  the  aggregate  sound,  not including
  impulsive sound, generated by the collection and  compacting  activities
  exceeds  85  dB(A)  when  measured  by  a  sound level meter set to slow
  response at a distance of 35 feet or more from the vehicle. On and after
  July 1, 2012 such  aggregate  sound  shall  not  exceed  80  dB(A).  The
  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall  not  apply to the operation of
  refuse collection vehicles during an emergency such as a storm or  other
  event that causes delays in refuse collection.
    * NB Effective July 1, 2007

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