2006 New York Code - Motor Vehicles.

 
    * §  24-236  Air  compressors. (a) On or after September thirty-first,
  nineteen hundred seventy-two, no person shall operate  or  cause  to  be
  operated  an air compressor manufactured prior to December thirty-first,
  nineteen  hundred  seventy-two,  unless  a  muffler  certified  by   the
  manufacturer  of  such muffler to provide a dynamic insertion loss of 20
  db(C) of  the  sound  release  from  the  exhaust  source  of  such  air
  compressor is installed on such exhaust source.
    (b)  No  person  shall, after the effective dates set out in table II,
  operate or permit to be operated an air compressor manufactured prior to
  December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-two in such a manner  as
  to  cause  the maximum sound level of such air compressor, when measured
  at a distance of one meter from the nearest major surface  of  such  air
  compressor,  to  exceed  the  applicable  allowable  sound level set out
  therein.
 
                                  Table II
 
         Effective date              Allowable sound level
       December 31, 1972           90 dB(A)
       June 30, 1974               85 dB(A)
 
    (c) No person shall sell, offer for sale for use within  the  city  of
  New  York,  or  operate  or  permit  to  be  operated  an air compressor
  manufactured on or after the effective dates set out in table III  which
  when  operated  produces  a  maximum  sound  level,  when  measured at a
  distance of one meter  from  the  nearest  major  surface  of  such  air
  compressor,  exceeding  the  applicable  allowable  sound  level set out
  therein.
 
                                  Table III
 
         Effective date              Allowable sound level
       December 31, 1972           85 dB(A)
       June 30, 1974               80 dB(A) for sizes 350 cfm or less
                                   85 dB(A) for sizes greater than 350 cfm
       December 31, 1981           75 dB(A) for sizes 350 cfm or less
                                   80 dB(A) for sizes greater than 350 cfm
 
    (d) Except for work actually being done on a sidewalk or crosswalk, no
  person shall operate or permit to be operated an air compressor so as to
  generate  noise  levels  in  excess  of  75dB(A)  at  nearby  sidewalks,
  pedestrian  crossings or dwellings, on and after January first, nineteen
  hundred seventy-nine but this limitation shall not apply where more than
  one lane of traffic would be necessary to implement same.
    * NB Effective until July 1, 2007
    * § 24-236 Motor vehicles. (a) Motor vehicles, other than motorcycles,
  with a maximum gross weight of 10,000 lbs.  or  less.  No  person  shall
  cause  or  permit  any  motor  vehicle,  other than a motorcycle, with a
  maximum gross weight of 10,000 lbs. or  less  to  operate  on  a  public
  right-of-way  where  the  muffler  or  exhaust generates a sound that is
  plainly audible to another individual at a distance of 150 feet or  more
  from the motor vehicle.
    (b)  Motorcycles.  No  person  shall cause or permit any motorcycle to
  operate on a public right-of-way where the muffler or exhaust  generates
  a  sound  that is plainly audible to another individual at a distance of
  200 feet or more from the motorcycle.
    (c) Motor vehicles with a maximum gross  weight  greater  than  10,000
  lbs.    No person shall cause or permit any motor vehicle with a maximum


  gross  weight  greater  than  10,000  lbs.  to  operate  on   a   public
  right-of-way  where  the  muffler  or  exhaust generates a sound that is
  plainly audible to another individual at a distance of 200 feet or  more
  from  the  motor vehicle, except when compression brake systems are used
  in an emergency to stop the vehicle.
    (d) (1) No person operating a motor vehicle containing  a  compression
  brake  system  or  systems  shall apply such compression brake system or
  systems except when such system or systems are used in an  emergency  to
  stop the vehicle.
    (2) The department is authorized to post signs at every entry point of
  the  city  containing  the following information: THE USE OF COMPRESSION
  BRAKE SYSTEMS IS PROHIBITED ON STREETS WITHIN NEW YORK  CITY  WHERE  THE
  SPEED LIMIT IS 35 MILES PER HOUR OR LESS EXCEPT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
    (e)  No  person  shall  cause  or  permit the total sound from a motor
  vehicle operating on any public right-of-way to exceed the  sound  level
  set  forth  in  section 386 of the vehicle and traffic law and the rules
  adopted pursuant to such section.
    (f) Subdivisions a, b, c and paragraph one of subdivision  d  of  this
  section  may  only  be  enforced  on streets where the speed limit is 35
  miles per hour or less.
    * NB Effective July 1, 2007