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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9-208 Permitted deviations.">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-208" heading="Permitted deviations.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Short, durational deviations.">The maximum permissible sound levels specified in &lt;cite data-path="|health|§9-206"&gt;§ 9-206 {“Limits”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt; may be exceeded by no more than:<para num="(1)">5 dB(A) for a total of not more than 12 minutes in any 1-hour period;</para>
      <para num="(2)">10 dB(A) for a total of not more than 3 minutes in any 1-hour period; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">15 dB(A) for a total of not more than 30 seconds in any 1-hour period.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Home activities — vehicle repairs; power tools.">Noncommercial vehicular repairs and the use of home workshops, power tools, and power garden equipment are allowed:<para num="(1)">between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">between the hours of 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekends and legal holidays.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Home activities — air conditioners; heat pumps.">Air conditioning and heat pump equipment used to cool or heat housing on residential property may exceed the maximum sound levels specified in &lt;cite data-path="|health|§9-206"&gt;§ 9-206 {“Limits”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt; as long as the sound level does not exceed:<para num="(1)">for air conditioning equipment, 70 dB(A) at any point on the property line of any other residential property; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">for heat pump equipment, 75 dB(A) at any point on the property line of any other residential property.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §236(b), (d)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
