DEP Environmental Protection Forms Folder 1175, 1996-2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

CHAPTER 2—NOISE CONTROL § 24-224 (h) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (d) of this section, any member of the police department may arrange for the removal of a motor vehicle from a public highway or parking lot open to the public, when (i) an audible burglar alarm installed on such vehicle is operated in violation of this section or an audible status indicator is operated on such vehicle and (ii) all reasonable and necessary steps to disconnect such alarm or audible status indicator have been taken without success. Authorized personnel of the department or the department of transportation may request a member of the police department to arrange for the removal of such vehicle. When such removal is requested, the notice of violation for operation of an audible burglar alarm in violation of this section or for the operation of an audible status indicator shall state that a member of tiie police department took all reasonable and necessary steps to disconnect such alarm or such audible status indicator without success.. Such removal may be accomplished by utilizing any existing city-operated tow program, the rotation tow program established pursuant to section 20-519 of the code or such other procedures as may be established. The cost of towing and storage of such motor vehicle shall be the responsibility of the owner or other person who claims such motor vehicle. (2) An opportunity for a hearing before the environmental control board shall be provided to the owner of a motor vehicle removed pursuant to paragraph one of this subdivision within five business days after a request for a hearing is made to determine whether there was a basis for such removal. The environmental control board shall render a decision within two business days following the conclusion of the hearing. If it is determined that there was no basis for removal of a vehicle pursuant to paragraph one of this subdivision, the owner of such vehicle may recover from the city any amounts paid by such owner for towing and storage. (i) The department, the police department and the department of trans- portation shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this section. (j) No person shall operate or use or cause to be operated or used any sound signal device attached to a motor vehicle, wagon or manually propelled cart from which food or any other items are sold, which emits a sound signal more frequently than once every ten minutes in any one city block and with a duration of more than ten seconds for any single emission.

§ 24-222Animals. No person shall permit an animal, including a bird, under his or her control to cause unreasonable noise.

§ 24-223 Emergency signal devices. No person shall operate or .use or cause to be operated or used any emergency signal device, except on an authorized emergency vehicle when such vehicle is in the immediate act of responding to an emergency; provided that such device shall not be operated so as to create an unreasonable noise nor for a period of time longer than is strictly necessary to respond to such emergency.

§ 24-224 Construction activities. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall engage in or permit any person to be engaged in construction activities in any zone other than on weekdays between the hours of seven a.m. and six p.m. A person may, however, engage in construction ac-

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