NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Subchapter 4
Prohibited Noise
Unreasonable Noise Standard
§ 24-219 [Reserved]
§ 24-220 Sound reproduction devices.
§ 24-221 Sound signal devices.
§ 24-222 Animals.
§ 24-223 Emergency signal devices.
§ 24-224 Construction activities.
§ 24-225 Construction devices.
§ 24-226 Containers and construction material
§ 24-227 Exhausts.
§ 24-227.1 Lawn care devices.
§ 24-227.2 Power tools.
§ 24-228 Schools, hospitals; courts.
§ 24-229 Noise sensitive zones.
§ 24-230 Regulations.
§ 24-219 [Reserved]
§ 24-220 Sound reproduction devices. (a) Except as provided in section
10-108 of the code, no person shall operate or use or cause to be operated or
used any sound reproduction device in such a manner as to create any
unreasonable noise.
(b) No person shall operate or use or cause to be operated or used any
sound reproduction device for commercial or business advertising purposes
or for the purpose of attracting attention to any performance, show, or sale
or display of merchandise, in connection with any commercial or business
enterprise including those engaged in the sale of radios, television sets,
phonographs, tape recorders, phonograph records or tapes, in front or outside
of any building, place or premises, or in or through any aperture of such
building, place or premises, abutting on or adjacent to a public street, park
or place, or in or upon any vehicle operated, standing or being in or on any
public street, park or place, where the sound therefrom may be heard upon
any public street, park or place, or from any stand, platform or other
structure, or from any airplane or other device used for flying, flying over the
city, or on a boat or on the waters within the jurisdiction of the city, or
anywhere on the public streets, parks or places. Nothing in this section is
intended to prohibit incidental sounds emanating from a sporting or enter-
tainment or a public event for which a permit under section 10-108 of the code
has been issued.
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