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Is there a noise ordinance during day? Contacted police dept at 3pm due to loud music occurring for over 5 hours and can b heard inside our home. Police said there is not one during the day.
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8 1st St Malden, MA 02148, USA
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3828123Submitted To:
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City of Malden (Verified Official)
Concerned Neighbor (Registered User)
Malden 311 (Constituent Services Representative) (Verified Official)
Closed Christopher Webb (Director of Public Health) (Verified Official)
There are no health regulations that apply to loud music. The regulation requires an increase of 10 decibels over ambient background noise levels for a violation to exist. Loud music would not attain a 10 decibel difference.
Sorry this office can not be of further assistance.
Chris Webb
Dir Public Health
Maldonite (Registered User)
Loud music can absolutely be 10dB higher than ambient noise levels, it just depends how much amplification is available. Light traffic levels are typically 50-60dB above theshold of audibility, an alarm clock can reach 80dB, and a rock band in concert well over 100dB.
http://www.noisehelp.com/noise-level-chart.html