Village Officials Looking To Update Noise Ordinance

LINDENHURST, NY — It looks like some residents in the quiet village of Lindenhurst find it too loud. Village officials are looking to scrap the current, generic noise ordinance and replace it with a much more specific one. The updated law would address several "unreasonable noises" within the village, which the code defines as "an unusually loud noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers or tends to annoy, disturb, injure or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of other persons or the public."

Some specific noises that will be addressed in the new code include:

• air-conditioning and air-handling devices
• animals and birds
• commercial, business and industrial operations
• construction
• emergency warning devices
• loading and unloading
• modification of noise-control devices
• motor vehicle maximum sound levels
• motorboats
• places of public entertainment
• sound reproduction devices
• sound signal devices
• street sales
• vehicle or motorboat repairs and testing

In addition, the ordinance will look curb excessive noise near schools, court, houses of worship, public libraries, hospitals or nursing homes. The penalty for violating this noise ordinance includes a fine of between $50 and $1,000.

The new ordinance will be discussed during a board of trustees on Tuesday starting at 7:30 p.m.

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