T2023-4041
| * | | | | Oversight - DEP’s Management of Noise Complaints. | Oversight | | | |
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Int 0160-2022
| * | Robert F. Holden | | | Noise standard for commercial establishments. | Introduction | This bill would amend the definition for unreasonable noise as applied to commercial establishments as sound that exceeds specified prohibited noise levels. | | |
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Int 0774-2022
| * | Keith Powers | | | Requiring the dept of environmental protection to measure construction-related sound levels inside dwelling units upon request. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), upon the request of an owner, lessor or occupant of a dwelling unit within a building located within a half-mile radius of a construction site, to measure sound levels within such units in relation to certain DEP inspections. | | |
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Int 0775-2022
| * | Keith Powers | | | Results of noise inspections. | Introduction | This bill would mandate that the Department of Environmental Protection publish the results of their noise inspections online within 24 hours after they have been completed. | | |
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Int 0776-2022
| * | Keith Powers | | | Providing noise inspection reports. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection and the Police Department to give a copy of the noise inspection report created after a 311 noise complaint to anyone who requests the report and provides the 311 tracking number. The person requesting the noise inspection report would not have to submit a Freedom of Information Law request to receive the report. | | |
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Int 0777-2022
| * | Keith Powers | | | Requiring an after hours variance for the removal of construction debris. | Introduction | This bill would require any person engaging in a construction project to obtain an after hours variance when removing construction debris from a construction site before 7:00 a.m. on a weekday, after 6:00 p.m. on a weekday, or during the weekend. | | |
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Int 0778-2022
| * | Keith Powers | | | Establishing a photo noise violation monitoring device program for motor vehicles. | Introduction | This bill would establish a noise camera program that would detect motor vehicles exceeding the noise limits under city law. Any vehicle found to be violating such limits would be issued a notice of violation and subject to the civil penalty as prescribed by the existing law. The Department of Environmental Protection would also be required to submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and to post on its website, an annual report on the program including the locations of the noise cameras, the number of violations detected, and any revenue raised as a result of the program. | | |
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Int 1194-2023
| * | James F. Gennaro | | Preconsidered | Citizen noise complaints. | Introduction | This bill would cap the compensation citizen complainants can receive when their complaint prompts proceedings under subdivision (b) of section 24-244 of the noise code. Compensation for proceedings brought by the Department of Environmental Protection would be capped at $5, and compensation for proceedings brought by a complainant would be capped at $10. | | |
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