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8 <br /> Recommendations in RED <br /> except when any of the foregoing is operated in association with hunting or fishing, or permitted <br /> commercial racetracks or other permitted commercial use of property. <br /> (2) Operate lawn mowers, chainsaws and other landscaping and domestic equipment outdoors between <br /> the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. <br /> (3) Using the compression release engine or transmission breaking system of motor vehicles between the <br /> hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in nonemergency circumstances. <br /> Sec. 16-53. - Maximum permissible standards by receiving land. <br /> o (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to make, create, permit, or to continue any source <br /> of unreasonably loud and disturbing noise in Orange County. <br /> (b)Any continuous, regular, frequent, or intermittent source of sound produced by any activity shall be <br /> limited to the following maximum permissible sound levels according to the time of day and zoning <br /> category of the receiving land as stated in Table I below when measured as specified in section 16-54. <br /> TABLE I: Sound Levels dB(a) by Receiving Land Zoning Category as Defined by the Appropriate Zoning <br /> Ordinance <br /> Maximum decibel (dB(A)) levels Maximum decibel (dB(A)) levels <br /> during the following hours of day: during the following hours of <br /> Sunday—Thursday 8:00 a.m. —evening: <br /> Receiving land zoning category Sunday—Thursday 9:00 p.m. — <br /> 9:00 p.m. <br /> Friday&Saturday 8:00 a.m. — 8:00 a.m. <br /> 11:00 p.m. <br /> Friday&Saturday 11:00 p.m. — <br /> 8:00 a.m. <br /> Residential or planned development 60 dB(A) 50 dB(A) <br /> having a residential component <br /> Commercial 65 dB(A) 55 dB(A) <br /> Industrial 70 dB(A) 60 dB(A) <br /> (Ord. of 6-7-2005, art. III, eff. 6-7-2005) <br /> Sec. 16-54. - Sound measurement standards. <br />