Sec. 22-41. - Statement of policy.

The council hereby finds and declares that: (1)

Excessive noise is a serious hazard to the public health, safety and welfare and the quality of life in a close urban society.

(2)

A substantial body of science and technology exists by which excessive noise can be substantially abated without serious inconvenience to the public.

(3)

Certain of the noise producing equipment in this community is essential to the quality of life and should be allowed to continue at reasonable levels with responsible regulation.

(4)

Each person has a right to an environment reasonably free from noise which jeopardizes health or welfare or unnecessarily degrades the quality of life.

(5)

It is the declared policy of the town to promote an environment free from excessive noise, otherwise properly called noise pollution, which unnecessarily jeopardizes the public health, safety and welfare and degrades the quality of the lives of the residents of this community, without unduly prohibiting, limiting or otherwise regulating the function of certain noise producing equipment which is not amenable to such controls and yet is essential to the quality of life in the community.

(Code 1986, § 9-10; Ch. 849, § 1, 7-7-2004)