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INTRODUCBD A A BILL BY COUNCILMAN BLBSSING
BY AUTHORITY
ORDlNANCB NO. • SBRIBS OP 1975
AN ORDlNANCH RBPHALING AND RBBNACTINC ORDINANCE NO. 25.
SBRIBS OP 1974. 8Y ADDING A NBW SECTION 12 TO TITLB XIV,
CHAPTER 2. OP THB 1g6g B.M.C; AND DECLARING AN BMIRGBNCY.
NOW. THBRHPORa. BB IT ORDAINED BY THB CITY COUNCIL
OF THB CITY OF BNGLBWOOD, COLORADO, 18 follow8:
S c:tion 1.
That Ordinanc No. 2s. Serie of 1974, i8 hereby
r p al d.
S c:tion _2.
That Titl xrv. Ch1pter 2 of the 1969 B.M.c.
is h reby amended by adding 1 new Section 12 to read
follows:
14-2-12 MOTOR VBHICLS NOISE
(a) It •hall be unlawful for any
person to drive or move. or for the
owner to cause or knowingly permit to
be driven or moved. within this munici-
pality. any motor vehicle which emits
a sound pressure level in excess of the
dB(A) as hereinafter established.
MAXIMUM PBRMISSIBLB SOUND PRBSSURB LBVBLS
dB(A)
Vehicle Class
Any vehicle greater than 10,000
lbs. manufacturer's gross vehicle
weight
Any other motor vehicles
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Section 3.
(b) Noise from a motor vehicle within
the public right-of-way shall be measured
at a distance at least 25 feet from the
nearest side of the nearest traffic lane
being monitored and at a height of at
least 4 feet above the immediate sur-
rounding surface.
Inasmuch as the general noise level throughout the
City of Englewood has been rising rapidly, and is detrimental
to the health and welfare of the citizens of the City of
Englewood, Colorado, City Council finds and determines that
an emergency exists and that the enactment of the foregoing
Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public health, peace, safety and good order, and, therefore,
this Ordinance shall become effective on publication following
final passage.
Introduced, read in full and passed on first reading
on the 7th day of April, 1975 .
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 10th day
of April, 1975.
Read by title and passed on final reading on the
21st day of April, 1975.
Published by title as Ordinance No. .:13 , Series
of 1975, on the 24th day of April, 1975.
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ATTEST:
e~f'i!io ~erk-Treasurer
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I, Karl Nollenberger, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true, accurate and complete copy
of the Ordinance, passed on final reading and published
by title as Ordinance No. 2.3 , Series of 197 S.
ex offic1~if Clerk-Treasurer
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