Taylor, MI Noise from Specific Sources: HVAC & Mechanical Noise (2026)

Sec. 16.07 covers mechanical equipment and utilities tied to commercial, industrial or other nonresidential uses, expressly naming water and gas meters, elevator housings, stairways, tanks, HVAC equipment, exhaust pipes or stacks, and satellite dishes. Roof-mounted equipment under (a) must be screened by parapet walls or a pitched roof integrated into the building's architectural design, built of sufficient height to screen rooftop equipment and provide sound attenuation, with the location, height and screening method shown on the site plan; the equipment itself cannot exceed ten feet above the surrounding roof surface, and units must sit back at least 20 feet from the building's front and from any side facing an adjacent residential district.

Ground-mounted equipment under (b) must be screened by decorative walls, fencing, plantings or berms compatible with the main building's materials, tall enough to fully hide the equipment, and in a nonresidential district it cannot sit within 20 feet of any residential district; it also cannot encroach into a required yard setback except where Sec. 14.11's rules on projections into required yards allow it. The section separately regulates security gates on the same buildings, banning solid metal roll-down gates outright and requiring link or grill security devices to be recessed and concealed during business hours unless mounted inside the window or door frame.