Council has not prescribed its own noise standard, and therefore applies the default noise standards from the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
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Equipment or activity
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Times of use that noise standard applies to
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Noise standard - prohibited noise level at affected premises
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Air conditioning units and refrigeration equipment
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7am-10pm
10pm-7am
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More than 5 decibels (A) above
background level
More than 3 decibels (A) above
background level
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Pumps attached to water tanks,
fountains, pools and spas
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7am-7pm
7pm-10pm
10pm-7am
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More than 5 decibels (A) above background level
More than 3 decibels (A) above background level
Any audible noise
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Powerboats at premises
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Before 7am and after 7pm Monday to Saturday.
Before 8am and after 6.30pm Sunday and public holidays.
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Any audible noise
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Powerboat sports in waterway (operating a jet ski or other power-driven personal watercraft, other than for fishing)
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Before 7am and after 7pm Monday to Saturday.
Before 8am and after 6.30pm Sunday and public holidays.
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Any audible noise for more than a
continuous period of 2 minutes at the same affected building.
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Regulated devices, such as lawn
mowers, line trimmers, mulchers, leaf blowers, generators, compressors, and power tools
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Before 7am and after 7pm Monday to Saturday.
Before 8am and after 7pm Sunday and public holidays.
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Any audible noise
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Building work being carried out by a registered contractor or builder, or under an owner-builder permit
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Before 6.30am and after 6.30pm
Monday to Saturday.
Anytime Sunday and public holidays
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Any audible noise
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Use of a building for musical, sporting or other entertainment (e.g. tenpin bowling, concerts, indoor cricket, squash) or for
cultural or religious activities, excluding the use of licenced premises or use of buildings for an open-air event
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7am-10pm
10pm-midnight
Midnight-7am
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More than 5 decibels (A) above
background level
More than 3 decibels (A) above
background level
Any audible noise
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Open-air events (an open-air competition, concert, display, race or other activity)
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7am-10pm
10pm-midnight
Midnight-7am
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More than 70 decibels (A)
More than 10 decibels (A) above
background level or 50 decibels (A) (whichever is the lesser)
Any audible noise
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Amplifying devices (loudhailers, megaphones, remote telephone bells, public address systems excluding for a railway) excluding at an open-air event or building used for musical, sporting or other entertainment or for cultural or religious activities
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7am-10pm Monday to Friday.
8am-6pm Saturday, Sunday and public holidays.
Before 7am and after 10pm Monday to Friday.
Before 8am and after 6pm Saturday,
Sunday and public holidays.
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More than 10 decibels (A) above
background level
Any audible noise
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