2006 New York Code - Operation Or Use Of Sound Reproduction Device In Or On Rapid Transit Railroad, Omnibus Or Ferry.

 
    * §  24-234 Rapid transit railroads. (a) On or before September first,
  nineteen hundred seventy-three, the commissioner shall define and submit
  to the city council for enactment into this code allowable sound  levels
  and acoustical performance standards for the design and operation of new
  and  existing  rapid  transit  railroads,  including  but not limited to
  allowable sound levels and acoustical performance standards for  rolling
  stock,  track  and  track  beds,  passenger  stations, tunnels, elevated
  structures, yards, depots and garages.
    Allowable sound levels and acoustical performance standards  shall  be
  based  on  the latest economically feasible and available technology for
  noise abatement in rapid transit railroads and on the latest  scientific
  knowledge  useful  for  indicating the kind and extent of all effects on
  public health, welfare, safety and comfort which can  be  expected  from
  noises or combinations of noises generated by rapid transit railroads.
    (b)  No  person shall operate or permit to be operated a rapid transit
  railroad, including but not limited to  its  rolling  stock,  track  and
  track  beds,  passenger  stations,  tunnels, elevated structures, yards,
  depots and garages so as to cause a violation of allowable sound  levels
  or acoustical performance standards adopted by the city council pursuant
  to this section.
    * NB Effective until July 1, 2007
    * §  24-234  Operation  or  use  of sound reproduction device in or on
  rapid transit railroad, omnibus  or  ferry.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to
  operate  or  use  a sound reproduction device in or on any rapid transit
  railroad, omnibus or ferry, other than  a  personal  audio  device  with
  personal  earphones  such  that sound from such earphones is not plainly
  audible to another individual at a distance of 5 feet or more  from  the
  source.
    * NB Effective July 1, 2007