Noise Ordinances in Dixmont, ME (2026)
2 verified noise ordinances for Dixmont, Maine, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Construction Hours
Dixmont's Site Plan Review Ordinance bars construction activities on a site abutting any residential use between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. Construction and temporary maintenance noise on the project between 6:00a.m. and 10:00 p.m. is exempt from the noise rules. The standard applies to projects under Planning Board site plan review, not to single family homes.
Dixmont Site Plan Construction Noise Hours
Some RestrictionsDixmont Site Plan Review Ordinance § 9.21
9.21. Noise 1) (AS/PS) The development must control noise levels such that it will not create a nuisance for neighboring parties. 2) (PS) No person shall engage in construction activities on a site abutting any residential use between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. The following uses and activities shall be exempt from the noise regulations: 1) Noises created by construction and temporary main...
Decibel Limits
Dixmont prints one numeric noise cap, and it covers mining pits. Sound pressure from a permitted Mining Pit cannot exceed 70 dB at any boundary line of the parcel, read on a sound level meter. No other posted Dixmont ordinance prints a decibel number for homes or businesses, so this limit does not reach ordinary neighborhood noise.
Dixmont Mining Pit Noise Limit: 70 dB at the Boundary
Some RestrictionsDixmont Mining Ordinance (2023), Section IX(H)
H. Noise: 1. Noise shall not be objectionable due to intermittence, beat frequency, shrillness, or volume beyond the boundaries of the Parcel(s) on which Mining Pit is located. 2. Sound pressure levels shall be measured on a sound level meter at all boundary lines of the Parcel on which the Mining Pit is located. 3. The sound pressure limit shall not exceed 70 dB at any Parcel boundary line.