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It may be a good idea to use the reasonable person standard with a minimum sound threshold. <br />If the court said this is too vague, then we can provide another option. <br />Noise control must address good neighborliness and the reasonable use of leaf blowers, lawn <br />mowers, and the like, One measure is whether the noise is utilitarian or recreational. <br />The public hearing is now closed, <br />COMMENTS FROM THE MAY 17, 2005 MEETING <br />Gene Poveromo (citizen). He would hope that the Board is open to revisit the issues in one <br />year, <br />Commissioner Gordon: Why are there criminal penalties? The County Attorney answered that <br />all violations of County law are misdemeanors, but with different penalties, Sometime civil <br />penalties are effective, sometimes criminal, and sometimes both are effective. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis: What are the noise levels for the chiller at the Whiffed Center? <br />Commissioner Jacobs: What is a Type 3 sound level meter? Answer: According to staff at <br />Quest Technologies, a vendor of sound level equipment, the difference is the tolerances. Type <br />one meters have tighter tolerances and Type 3 have lower tolerances. The differences <br />between the different types are the microphone (receiver) and the tolerances include <br />temperature, frequency response, and the linearity, Type 3 meters are more tolerant of field <br />conditions normally experienced within the community, <br />Is the ordinance enforceable as we have structured it? The County Attorney answered that we <br />have no experience, We will just have to see , but I think it will help. <br />Changes to the ordinance text include "cleaning up" some grammatical errors requested by <br />Commissioner Foushee, inserting the ward "motor" before "vehicles" in subsection 3 on page 8, <br />and substituting the ward "appropriate" for "Orange County" in the title of the table on page 9. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: No financial impact at this time with human resources being used from <br />existing department staffs, <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends that the Board adopt the <br />amended noise control ordinance, <br />