File #: O-28-23    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 8/23/2023 In control: Environmental Matters Committee
On agenda: 2/12/2024 Final action: 2/12/2024
Title: City Noise Prohibitions and Enforcement - For the purpose of updating the Annapolis City Code noise prohibition section by adding a ban on certain noise in residential areas; expanding enforcement; and generally related to noise prohibitions.
Sponsors: Elly Tierney, Rob Savidge, Karma O'Neill
Indexes: Environmental Matters Committee, Public Safety Committee, Rules and City Government Committee
Attachments: 1. O-28-23 First Reader, 2. O-28-23 Legislative Summary, 3. O-28-23 & R-51-23 Fiscal Impact Note, 4. O-28-23 Staff Report - Revised, 5. O-28-23 Amendment 1 - O'Neill, 6. O-28-23 Amendment 2 - Savidge, 7. O-28-23 Amendment 3 - Savidge, 8. O-28-23 Signed (color), 9. O-28-23 Signed (b&w)
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2/8/20241 Environmental Matters Committee Recommend Favorably-AmendmentPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
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1/26/20241 Environmental Matters Committee postponePass Action details Meeting details Video Video
12/11/20231 City Council postponePass Action details Meeting details Video Video
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12/1/20231 Rules & City Government Committee postponePass Action details Meeting details Video Video
11/30/20231 Environmental Matters Committee postponePass Action details Meeting details Video Video
10/12/20231 Environmental Matters Committee postponePass Action details Meeting details Video Video
10/6/20231 Rules & City Government Committee postponePass Action details Meeting details Video Video
10/2/20231 Public Safety Committee recommend favorablyPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
9/26/20231 City Council declare the public hearing closed  Action details Meeting details Video Video
9/11/20231 City Council adopt on first reader  Action details Meeting details Video Video
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Title
City Noise Prohibitions and Enforcement - For the purpose of updating the Annapolis City Code noise prohibition section by adding a ban on certain noise in residential areas; expanding enforcement; and generally related to noise prohibitions.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Ordinance 28-23

Introduced by: Alderwoman Tierney
Co-sponsored by: Alds. Savidge, O'Neill, Arnett

Referred to:
Public Safety Committee
Environmental Matters Committee
Rules & City Government Committee

AN ORDINANCE concerning
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City Noise Prohibitions and Enforcement

FOR the purpose of updating the Annapolis City Code noise prohibition section by adding a ban on certain noise in residential areas; expanding enforcement; and generally related to noise prohibitions.

BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2023 Edition
11.12.020

SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:

Title 11 - PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Chapter 11.12 - Public Peace and Order
Section 11.12.020 Noise prohibition.

A. Code of Maryland Regulations 26.02.03.01 and 26.02.03.02, as amended from time to time, are hereby adopted as the Environmental Noise Standards of the City of Annapolis except that the maximum decibel levels allowed within the City of Annapolis are set forth in the following table, which table shall supersede Code of Maryland Regulation 26.02.03.02 Table 1:
Area or activity
Maximum decibel level may not exceed:

Daytime hours of 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Nighttime hours of 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Residential zoning districts as identified in Chapter 21.40
65 dBA
55 dBA
Office and mixed use districts as identified in Chapter 21.44
67 dBA
62 dBA
Commercial and industrial zoning districts as identified in Chapter 21.42
75 dBA
75 dBA

B. Code of Maryland Regulations 11.14.07.02 through 11.14.07.12 , as amended from tim...

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