Lowell enforces a local Stormwater Management Ordinance under its MS4 permit, requiring erosion controls and on-site management for projects over 1 acre or 5,000 square feet of disturbance.
Lowell operates under an EPA MS4 NPDES permit for its municipal stormwater system, which discharges primarily to the Merrimack River and Concord River. The Lowell Stormwater Management Ordinance, administered by the Conservation Commission and DPW Engineering, requires a stormwater permit for any land disturbance of 5,000 square feet or more and a full stormwater management plan for sites over one acre. Projects must meet the Massachusetts Stormwater Standards, including 80 percent TSS removal, recharge to groundwater, and peak runoff attenuation. Illicit discharges such as sump pumps connected to sanitary sewer or washwater into storm drains are prohibited and subject to fines.
Contact your local code enforcement office for specific penalty information.
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Lowell Code Section 204-4C(1)-(4) declares unlawful any unnecessary motor noise (backfiring, racing, tire-screeching), improper horn/signaling-device use, di...
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Lowell Code Section 204-3 sets a full district-by-time dBA table (residential 40-50 dB(A), industrial up to 70 dB(A) daytime), measured at the property bound...
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Lowell restricts gas-powered leaf blower use to daytime hours; no outright ban exists, but decibel and hour limits apply under the general noise ordinance.
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Outdoor music at restaurants, breweries, and event venues in Lowell requires an entertainment license and must end by 10 p.m. in residential zones.
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Lowell Code Chapter 204, Section 204-3 sets district-based dBA limits keyed to time of day. In single- and two-family residential districts the limit drops t...
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Lowell Code Section 204-4C(12) makes it unlawful to operate any radio, stereo, loudspeaker, instrument or other sound-reproducing device so as to disturb a r...
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