Zoning Regulations
Examples and Resources
This ordinance requires that deliveries, loading, idling “shall not occur between the hours of 10 pm and 6 am, and 7 pm to 7 am for trash removal. If a development doesn’t meet the town’s standards, it has to come up with a “noise plan” that “shall specify how noise generated by the proposed…
Noise Ordinance, Sacramento, California
This city ordinance says that “Excessive, unnecessary or offensive noise within the city is detrimental to the public health, safety, welfare and the peace and quiet of the inhabitants of the city and therefore is declared a public nuisance; and Every person in the city is entitled to live in an…
Noise Regulations, Massachusetts
Massachusetts has a short “Air Pollution Control Regulation” that sets out the limits for noise, and requires that “No person owning, leasing or controlling a source of sound shall willfully, negligently, or through failure to provide necessary equipment, service, or maintenance or to take necessary…
The state of Oregon has adopted a statewide noise ordinance to create “a coordinated state-wide program of noise control to protect the health, safety, and welfare of Oregon citizens from the hazards and deterioration of the quality of life imposed by excessive noise emissions.” If your state…
Charlotte, North Carolina Noise Zoning Code
Section 12.701. Noise: No use shall be operated so as to generate recurring noises that are unreasonably loud, cause injury, or create a nuisance to any person of ordinary sensitivities. No nonresidential use shall be operated so as to generate any noise in an adjacent residential, research, office,…
Evaluation of 24-Hour Uses (1994)
San Jose, California adopted a zoning ordinance “to develop measures to assure that 24 hour operations conform to policy regarding neighborhood compatibility and urban design…balancing the needs of business to respond to market trends while protecting the quality of life in nearby residential…
Banning 24 Hour Stores That Abut Residential Property (2005)
Proposed for Greenfield, Massachusetts. Requires that any retail establishment, which abuts residentially zoned land, shall not be permitted to be open to the public between the hours of 6 am and 12 am. Allows stores already open for 24-hour operations to conform to this by law within 12 months. The…
An Ordinance To Require Responsible Business Practices (2004)
Chicago, Illinois ordinance requires retailers 100,000 s.f. or more to pay a “living wage” of $10.42/hour, adjusted annually, plus benefits of $3.00/hour; allows the public to distribute literature at stores; requires affirmative action hiring; free speech in the workplace.
Palm Beach, Florida Town-Serving Zones (1991)
The community created a “town-serving commercial (C-TS) zone with the intent to” create, preserve and enhance areas of attractive, small scale, retail…providing for the recurring needs of townspersons.” In order to maintain the town-serving nature of the district, Palm Beach placed a 2,000…
Kansas City, Missouri Neighborhood Commercial Zone
An ordinance created for the neighborhood of Brookside in Kansas City. It is “intended to permit development and continuance of small scale retail…designed to serve adjacent residential neighborhoods.” This is stated as a zone not appropriate for “general retail uses intended to draw from…
