Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 01-25-11 special — reading text

Level Limit dBA) aa EE ss m. - 7: 00 p.m. 60 m. 7: 00 a. m. 55 aa 7: 00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m. 65 7: 00 p.m. 7: 00 a.m. 60 At all times 65 At all times 75 Community Facilities 7: 00 a.m. - 10: 00 p.m. 65 Commercial Recreation 10: 00 p.m. 7: 00 a. m. 60 Recreation/ Open Space  a. t. n Section 9. 02. 04. Noise sensitive zones. 1. It shall be unlawful to create any excessive and unnecessary loud noise on any street or any adjacent area within 500 feet of any hospital or within 500 feet of any school, institution of learning, library, museum, public park, or church in the city during the period of use thereof, where such noise causes interference with the workings of such facility or disturbs or annoys the persons using such facility. There shall be no conviction for violation of this provision, however, unless signs bearing an appropriate warning legend are posted and displayed in a conspicuous manner on the streets a MEMOMMUM Section 9. 02. 05. Sound limits for pure tones. 1. For any source of sound which emits a pure forth in Section 9. 02. 03 shall be reduced by five d Section 9. 02. 06. Specific prohibitions. 1. The following specific acts, and tl olation of this article irrespective of the noise levels 1) Radios, television sets, musi Is. Operating, playing or permitting the operation or play nograph, drum, musical instrument, sound amplifier or reproduces or amplifies sound: a. Between the hours of 7: 0 owing day in such a manner as to cre Jary or within a noise sensitive zone ch a permit has been issued by the ci b. In 50 feet from such device, when iay or public space, or in a boat ise disturbance to any person other than the any passenger on a common carrier. ng for any purpose any loudspeaker, public address system or en the hours of 7: 00 p.m. and 7: 00 a.m. the following day, such rom creates a noise disturbance across a real property boundary or ve zone. I 4. 1. b I 0 Z cn O  4. 1 b private property to thereby disturb or destroy the peace of the neighborhood in which such building or premises is situated or be dangerous or detrimental to health. 14) Construction. It shall be unlawful for any person to do, perform or engage in any construction work, building excavating, hoisting, grading, pile driving, pneumatic hammering, demolition, dredging, building alteration or repair work of any nature to any building or structure or upon any site for the same in the city without a special permit as provided for in Section 9. 02. 08: the following day, and at all times on dBA at a ceeds 80 o Section a S, edgers, and 7: 00 L O any motor vehicle of a N longer than two minutes z° hin 150 feet of property Q, es are standing within a sportation vehicles shall 1 be exempt when such a = stion. 17) Muffl t muffler, intake muffler or any other noise. such that the noise emitted by the motor v le as originally manufactured. 18 Boats. leasure vessel, engine -powered e, canal or waterway being within the city in ured at a distance of not less than 50 feet from scooters. It shall be unlawful and declared a cle, trail bike, minibike, scooter or vehicle, as 39 F. S. which emits frequent or long- continued noise that exceeds f 50 feet or which disturbs the comfort and repose of any person in his Section shall not apply to those vehicles regulated by Florida and signaling devices. The following acts and the causing thereof are declared to be in violation of this article: the sounding of any horn or other signaling device on or in any motor vehicle on any public right -of w - ay or public space, except as a warning of danger. Section 9. 02. 07. Exemptions. The following uses and activities shall be exempt from noise level regulation except as listed in Table 1, Section 9. 02. 03:  4.1 b 5) Noises resulting from any authori to an emergency call or acting in time of emerge 6) Noises resulting from emergency wort 7) Any other noise resulting from activi law and for which a license or permit has been with Section 9. 02. 08. 8) Noises made by persons ha 9) All noises coming from t; including scale model aircraft). 10) Those motor vehicles con S. as may be amended, but not those motorINIONOM 11) Motor F. S. 12) All no field in or on City facilities om the maximum allowable noise level limits I= lication to the city council. Any permit granted ns upon which said permit shall be effective. the relief as applied for under the following conditions: al The city council may prescribe any reasonable conditions. s necessary to minimize adverse effects upon the community or 00d, including use of mufflers, screens or other sound -attenuating 2) Permits for entertainment. Permits may be granted for the purpose of entertainment under the following conditions: a. The function must be open to the public ( admission may be charged). b. The function must take place on public property. c. The permit will be given only for four hours in one 24 -hour day. d. The function must be staged between the hours of 9: 00 a. m. and 12: 00 midnight.  4. 1. b 3) Permits for purpose other than entertainment. Special permits for non -entertainment special purposes may be issued under the following conditions: a. If the special purpose relates to the operation of a trade or business, that the special purpose not be in the ordinary course of that trade or business; or, if the special purpose does not relate to the operation of a trade or business, that the special purpose not be an ordinary event in the affairs of the applicant; and b. If the special purpose be a recurring purpose that it not recur more often than four times each calendar year; pplicant' s on of the activities ial permit veekdays; a M C e. Special permits may be issued for wable by L further application to