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The BJ’s wholesale cub continues night after night to violate the Anne Arundel County nighttime noise ordinance.
The issues occur almost every night but seem to be particularly bad between Monday and Thursday. The unloading of trucks in the middle of the night causes extreamly loud noises between 10pm and 5am. Noise levels are high enough that on occasion will cause my house to shake. The loading and unloading of trucks is in addition to the frequent horn blowin, dumpster emptying and truck idling that occurrs between 10pm and 5am. I can’t not emphasize enough how regular and illegal this behavior is.
We have called the police and so far no progress has been made.
I didn’t make the zoning laws but I expect both businesses and individuals to follow them.
Please help.
17 Commentaires
Anne Arundel County Admin (Membre officiel vérifié)
Constituent Services (Utilisateur inscrit)
Jason Ghaemi (Utilisateur inscrit)
We have already raised or concerns with the non-emergency number. Attached is a report of decibel readings taken from one of their visits. We are hoping that this issue gets escalated higher. Thank you!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwb6MU5Un-MfUWpRRzZBRFZ1WFRXTTNEazR3X0pQNkZQTURJ/view?usp=drivesdk
Jason Ghaemi (Utilisateur inscrit)
Jason Ghaemi (Utilisateur inscrit)
W&L (Utilisateur inscrit)
Jason,
I think its great that you have reported this issue to the non-emergency number. I myself have called the non-emergency number and reported the issues upwards of 15 time over the past five months. Unfortunately, the violations continue to go on and I have seen very little measurable progress.
I have had both police officers and non-emergency staff tell me "Well we cant do anything about the issue," " We really are not the place to report this issue" or flat out incorrectly state that the business is "not violating the law."
There seems to be a great deal of confusion around what the law states and who is responsible for enforcing it. Thus I thought it couldn't hurt to post the issue here, in an effort to generate more visibility and traction.
It looks like the dB readings were taken down around 824x White Star, a little removed from the loading dock. If the county wants to conduct an additional noise study I would be more than willing to have them at our home a little further down white star. 826x-827x.
Glad you are working on it!
Sincerely,
W&L
ApolloSkier (Utilisateur inscrit)
This issue is still ongoing. I reported to the AA Co. Police non emergency number over the weekend to no avail.
Constituent Services - James R. your reassigning of this issue has fallen on deaf ears, please follow up with you assignee to ensure that they resolve this issue in a timely manner. Based on the attachments provided by Mr. Ghaemi the recorded sounds exceed the daytime limits* despite being taken during the 2200 hour with full summer foliage. The trees have now shed their sound dampening leaves and the problem has become more pronounced.
* Reference: https://www.aacounty.org/services-and-programs/noise-control
"Daytime (7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.) 65 dBA - for residential receiving properties
Nighttime (10 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.) 55 dBA - for residential receiving properties"
Readings include: 72.9 @ 22:24, 70.1 @ 22:25, 72.7 @ 22:27, and 79.6 @ 22:28 all exceeding the daytime limits
ApolloSkier (Utilisateur inscrit)
Jason Ghaemi (Utilisateur inscrit)
I would also like to request an update. There has been no movement from corporal Beaujon, nor a follow-up response from any constituents. Seems a bit wrong to be blatantly ignoring tax paying voters who have voiced concerns over the violations of county law.
These issues have been allowed to continue without resolve and are a detriment to our mental health. Complaints have continued to be launched to the police, however, the issues persist. Any warning to BJ's has been ignored. Heck! One of our neighbors even recorded a video of a company using a gas powered backpack leaf blower (75-100 DB) to clear out debris from BJ's losing dock IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!
Please! Respond with something, anything! To let assure is that this issue is begging looked into.
Police non-Emergency Corporal Beaujon (Membre officiel vérifié)
Clos Police Non-Emergency - Cpl. Bellis (Membre officiel vérifié)
Réouvert ApolloSkier (Utilisateur inscrit)
Brendan (Utilisateur inscrit)
W&L (Utilisateur inscrit)
I also second this request. Again the noise blankets are a GREAT step as the constant humming from the refrigeration condensers is above the legal limit and very intrusive. I for one am extremely thankful BJ's is taking a proactive step to help reduce this noise. This was great progress and I think will improve the overall community. Thank you BJ's.
However, the sound blankets do nothing to address the absolutely intrusive nature of the loading and unloading of trucks, frequent horn blowing, dumpster emptying and truck idling that occurs between 10:00PM and 6:00AM.
In fact it really irritates me that someone would close this issue citing the sound blanket instillation. The initial complaint does not even mention the condenser noise. This borders on blatant disregard of the original complaint.
Let me be perfectly clear. We have two main issues.
Issue 1: Delivery, Forklift, Truck Loading & Unloading, Dumpster Emptying, Horn Blowing, Trailer Banging... sounds, noises and literal earth and home shaking vibrations that occur between 10:00PM and 6:00AM.
Issue 1 Status: issues on going, no resolution.
Issue 2: Refrigeration condenser noise.
Issue 2: Status: Solutions in progress, blankets due for installation 1/29 - 1/31
Thank you
W&L
JohnQPublic2 (Utilisateur inscrit)
ApolloSkier (Utilisateur inscrit)
Clos BOH SD (Membre officiel vérifié)