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Originally Posted by Freeda
Those numbers give us some help. The ordinance standard that was quoted last night was:
" . . if it generates decibel levels greater than sixty (60) decibels in any residential or multifamily residential neighborhood at a point located one thousand (1,000) feet from the location generating the noise . . . "
If music on a bandstand, which I presume means a full band, which I believe would be louder than the typical music that is playing at the CC's or restaurants here, dissipates from 120-150 decibels to becoming only 90 decibels at 500', then at another 500' distance (referring to the 1000' distance used in the ordinance) one would think that that sound level would dissipate to less than 60 decibels (the standard).
Assuming that is true, the lesser level of sound from the typical music being played outside here in TV, which is probably much less than that of a full band playing outdoors, would probably have to be less than 60 decibels at 1000 feet away.
(1000 feet is nearly 3 football fields! The next question is . . . are there homes within 1000 feet of the CC's/ restaurants?)
I don't know how the meters work, but it would seem to me you would have to measure the 1000 feet distance from the source, and take a reading at that distance (which would seem to be the most accurate); unless the meters are able to project for distance reading.
(Maybe a decibel meter will become a standard accessory for going out for the evening in TV?)
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Let's not forget too, that residents are "indoors" which further mutes the decibel level at 1000'. The ordinance stand if the reading is taken 1000' "unobstructed." Put some walls in the way, and it drops to a mere din I think.
JLK