HomeMy WebLinkAbout249ORDINANCE NO. 249
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ENTITLED "NOISE" OF TITLE 5 OF THE
LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTIONS
5-2.01 AND 5-2.02 THEREOF, AND ADDING SECTION 5-2.07
THERETO
The City council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills
does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Subsection (a) of Section 5-2.01 of Chapter 2, entitled "Noise
of Title 5 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code be and the same
hereby is amended to read as follows:
Section 5-2.01. Definitions.
(a) "Aircraft" shall mean and include commercial, civil,
and military aircraft powered by jet or reciprocating engines,
fixed or rotary wing, encompassing all modes of operation,
such as taking off, climbing, cruising, and descending, and
ground operations, and shall include balloons and gliders.
SECTION 2. SUBSECTION RELETTERED.
Subsection (h) of Section 5-2.01 of Chapter 2, entitled "Noise"
of Title 5 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code be and the same
hereby is relettered as subsection W.
SECTION 3. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Subsection (h) be and the same hereby is added to Section 5-
2.01 of Chapter 2 entitled "Noise" of Title 5 of the Los Altos Hills
Municipal Code to read as follows:
Section 5-2.01. Definitions.
(h) "Powered Model Vehicle" shall mean any self-propelled,
airborne, waterborne, or landborne plane, vessel, or vehicle which is not
designed to carry persons, including but not limited to any model airplane,
boat, car or rocket.
SECTION 4. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 5-2.02 of Chapter 2 entitled "Noise" of Title 5 of the Los Altos
Hills Municipal Code be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows:
Section 5-2.02. Standards.
The below prescribed standards are hereby established to be applicable
to the classifications indicated when measured as follows:
(a) Use a standard noise level meter as prescribed by ANSI-SI.4.
All measurements will be taken with the meter switched to the weighting
network labeled "A".
(b) When the source is on private property,
measurements shall be
made at any location on or beyond the property boundary.
(c) When the source is on public property,
measurements shall be
made fifty feet (50') from the source or at the private property line,
whichever is closer.
Maximum Decibels
Noise Sources
Day/Night
Aircraft*
60/50
Animals
50/40
Farm Tractor
82/40
Implements of Husbandry
65/40
Machines, Tools or Appliances
50/40
Motor Vehicles
62/70
Motor Vehicle Repairing, Rebuilding,
Modernizing and Testing
82/40
Persons
50/40
Powered Model Vehicle
60/40
Sound -Producing Devices
50/40
*1,000 Feet from Affected Property
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For the purposes of enforcing the provisions of this
chapter, daytime shall be the period from 7:00 a.m. to sunset,
inclusive, and nighttime shall be the period from sunset to
6:59 a.m., inclusive, Pacific Standard Time or Daylight Saving
time, as then in effect, of the next succeeding day.
SECTION 5. AMENDMENT OF CODE.
Section 5-2.07 be and the same hereby is added to Chapter 2
entitled "Noise" of Title 5 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code
to read as follows:
Section 5-2.07. Emeruency Exemption.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to (a) the
emission of sound for the purpose of alerting persons to the
existence of an emergency, or (b) the emission of sound in the
performance of emergency work.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE; POSTING. This ordinance shall be
in full force and effect (30)days from and after its passage and
shall be posted within the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills in
three (3) public places.
ATTEST: / Mayo
'City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of the Town of Los
Altos Hills on March 7 '1979, and was thereafter passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on
March 21 , 1979.
City Clerk
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