The EPA has noise abatement regulations. Your city and state may also be involved. A lot of things are exempted usually though, such as trains, planes and automobiles.
Where the hell do you live where those two are a common thing? In the US, the vast majority of places have noise pollution laws where neither would be allowed.
I believe there was a supreme court ruling on nuisance laws....can't put my fingers on it at the moment. However, my recollection is that, as applied to noise, expect decibels had to be defined in the law for it to be legal. I assume something similar would hold true for landscaping.
I believe there was a supreme court ruling on nuisance laws....can't put my fingers on it at the moment. However, my recollection is that, as applied to noise, expect decibels had to be defined in the law for it to be legal. I assume something similar would hold true for landscaping.
In my experience those regulations are only ever used to shut down parties with loud music. If it's any sort of industrial or non-obvious noise, good luck getting people to care about it. I have bad memories of complaining in an online community about the extremely loud safety beeps from construction vehicles operating next to my home and being told I was a monster because I must want children/workers to die - and that was a sound whose mere existence didn't need to be explained.
In developed countries there are laws preventing sale of properties where noise may be so high that it's detrimental to one's health. So if the competition in market is hurting the merchants or consumers, it should be rightfully outlawed.
My neighborhood seems to have dramatically increasing noise pollution in the last couple years. The abuses have gotten ridiculous (and often gratuitously obnoxious) enough that I suspect backlash is imminent. Until there's serious regulation, I feel like I have to ask, since the noise environment seems to be a reckless free-for-all at the moment.
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