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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9-206 Limits.">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-206" heading="Limits.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">Except as otherwise specified in this subtitle, the maximum permissible sound levels are as set in this section for the applicable zone.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Where the property line of a use coincides with a zone boundary, the level specified in this section for the zone boundary controls.</para>
      <para num="(3)">Where  the use is on a public street, the “property line” referred to in this section  is the boundary of the public right-of-way.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Manufacturing zones.">If the sound is from a use in a manufacturing zone, the maximum permissible sound level is:<para num="(1)">75 dB(A) at any point on the property line of the use;</para>
      <para num="(2)">70 dB(A) at any point on a boundary that separates the manufacturing zone from a commercial zone; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">70 dB(A) at any point on a boundary that separates the manufacturing zone from a residential zone.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Commercial zones.">If the sound is from a use in a commercial zone, the maximum permissible sound level is:<para num="(1)">61 dB(A) at any point on the property line of the use;</para>
      <para num="(2)">64 dB(A) at any point on a boundary that separates the commercial zone from a manufacturing zone; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">58 dB(A) at any point on a boundary that separates the commercial zone from a residential zone.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Residential zone.">If the sound is from a use in a residential zone, the maximum permissible sound level is:<para num="(1)">55 dB(A) at any point on the property line of the use;</para>
      <para num="(2)">61 dB(A) at any point on a boundary that separates the residential zone from a manufacturing zone; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">58 dB(A) at any point on a boundary that separates the residential zone from a commercial zone.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §235(b), (c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
