8.68.130 Waste disposal vehicles.

             It is unlawful for any person authorized to engage in waste disposal service or garbage collection to operate any truck-mounted waste or garbage loading and/or composting equipment or similar mechanical device in any manner so as to create any noise exceeding the following level, when measured at a distance of fifty (50) feet from the equipment or any agricultural or residential property.

             A.               New equipment purchased or leased on or after a date six months from the effective date of this chapter shall not exceed a noise level of eighty (80) dBA.

             B.               New equipment purchased or leased on or after forty-two (42) months from the effective date of this chapter shall not exceed a noise level of seventy-five (75) dBA.

             C.               Present equipment shall not exceed a noise level of eighty (80) dBA on or after five years from the effective date of this chapter.

             The provisions of this section shall not abridge or conflict with the powers of the state over motor vehicle control. (Prior code § 66.02.208)