TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Ordinance 2017-13, Petition No. GEN-17-048, second reading, amendments to Chapter 46, Article II, Division 2, Noise, Section 46-40 and Section 46-42 of the Code of the City of North Port, Florida to exempt planned developments from the noise regulations as it pertains to pumps, air conditioning or air handling equipment.
Recommended Action
Approve Ordinance 2017-13, Petition No. GEN-17-048, amending the Code of the City of North Port, Florida to add exemptions from the noise regulations as it pertains to pumps, air-conditioning or air handling equipment located in planned developments for adoption.
Background Information
On April 11th, 2017, during their regularly scheduled meeting, the City Commission directed staff to bring back an ordinance with revisions to Chapter 46, Article II, Division 2, of the Code of the City of North Port, Florida.
These revisions exempted planned developments from the noise regulations of Section 46-42 for maximum sound decibel levels relating to pumps, air-conditioning or air handling equipment. In addition, two new definitions were added to Section 46-40, Definitions.
The City Administrative Code currently addresses sound levels of pumps, air-conditioning or air handling equipment for all platted lots in the City but does not take into consideration lots in planned developments which have specialized siting regulations regarding setbacks and sound levels.
Under the present noise regulations, properties located in planned developments are potentially in violation of exceeding those maximum sound decibel levels that were written for a standard residential platted lot with much larger setbacks than planned developments lots.
Staff is requesting that Commission amend the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Chapter 46, Article II, Division 2, Noise (13) by adding the following language as subsection a. tha...
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