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Fairfax County, Virginia, has new rules regulating noise that take effect Feb. 17.
Evening noise restrictions between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. cover amplified music, loudspeakers at athletic fields and more.
Overly loud or extensive animal noises, including barking, howling, meowing and squawking, also are prohibited between those hours.
In summer months, when daylight lasts well into the evening, lawn mowing won’t be allowed. Noise restrictions for lawn mowers and power equipment begin at 9 p.m.
Early morning start times for allowable lawn maintenance vary depending on distance from dwellings and golf course proximity, but leaf blower use is prohibited everywhere before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m.
The evening cutoff point for dog park noise is dusk. Morning noise from dog parks is prohibited before 7 a.m. on weekdays and before 8 a.m. on weekends and federal holidays.
Noise from activities such as unloading trucks, fixing cars and collecting trash are also banned between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Some noises aren’t subject to the new rules. They include generators used in emergencies, snow removal, Metro trains and first responder sirens.
County rules pertaining to noise were rewritten because a “reasonable person” standard for violations was declared too subjective by the Virginia Supreme Court.
Fairfax County noise ordinance violators can be charged either civilly or criminally. Criminal convictions would be Class 2 misdemeanors, which could result in a fine of up to $1,000 and/or up to six months in jail.
Civil penalties are $250 for first offenses and $500 thereafter.
Re: Fairfax County's New Noise Laws Explained in Simplicity
Posted by:
Deaf Yet
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Date: November 19, 2015 09:29AM
I believe there should be a clarification that trash collection at businesses can continue ALL hours of the days at the loudest noise level imaginable.
Re: Fairfax County's New Noise Laws Explained in Simplicity
Posted by:
yFPJH
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Date: November 19, 2015 12:44PM
no they're not. it's contractors (legitimate businesses) that must not make noise durign specific hours
the standards for home-dwellers are different and also only exist if the neighborhood committee agrees they will be filed as a rule agreed to in buy/selling realestate in the neighborhood
Re: Fairfax County's New Noise Laws Explained in Simplicity
Posted by:
Fairfax Felix
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Date: November 19, 2015 10:59PM
GnHY9 Wrote:
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> Evening noise restrictions between 10 p.m. and 7
> a.m. cover amplified music, loudspeakers at
> athletic fields and more.
>
> Overly loud or extensive animal noises, including
> barking, howling, meowing and squawking, also are
> prohibited between those hours.
>
> =======================
>
> barn noises are not "subject to parliamentary
> dissaproval"
>
> barking dog complaints are filed at the ZONING
> dept.: they are strictly a matter neighborhood
> committee rules as to whether tolerated IF
> REPEATED
So what is FFX Cty going to do about the aircraft noise over Chantilly???