Revere, MA Noise Ordinances: Decibel Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential limit
- 60 dB(A) day / 50 dB(A) night
- PDD overlay limit
- 65 dB(A) day / 55 dB(A) night
- Business districts
- 65 dB(A) at any hour
- Industrial districts
- 70 dB(A) at any hour
- Measured at
- Property lot line
- Enforcement fine
- $300/day, Sec. 9.08.070
Summary
Revere caps outdoor noise with a Single Number Equivalent limit measured at the property's lot line under Table 9.08.090: 60 dB(A) by day and 50 dB(A) at night in residential districts, 65/55 dB(A) in the PDD overlay, and a flat 65 or 70 dB(A) at any hour in business and industrial districts.
Violations: ... Authorized enforcement personnel may order and specify reasonable remedial actions to be taken by a violator of this chapter to achieve compliance; or issue citations, pursuant to G.L., c. 40, § 21D, for violations of these provisions assessing fines of three hundred dollars for each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue. Additionally, any person found in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter may be prosecuted for a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined three hundred dollars. ... No person shall create or cause to be emitted from or by any source subject to the provisions of this chapter, any noise which causes or results in a noise level exceeding the noise standards as described in Table 9.08.090 of this section, measured at any lot line of any lot located in any zoning district as defined by the Revised Ordinances of the City of Revere. ... RA, RA1, RB, RB1, RC, RC1 RC2, RC3 PDD1, PDD2 NB, GB, GB1 CB, HB TED, LI, IP Daytime Other Times Daytime Other Times Anytime Anytime ... Single Number Equivalent (dB(A)) 60 50 65 55 65 70
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4804778; v14 updated 2026-05-04).
Full Breakdown
090 sets Revere's core numeric noise standard. It applies to the use or occupancy of any lot and the noise it produces, with narrow carve-outs for occasional daytime use of light residential or commercial service equipment, ordinary construction activity that otherwise complies with the chapter, and bell or clock towers. 090 as measured at any lot line of any lot located in any zoning district, and Subsection C establishes that table for the city's several zoning districts. The table sets a maximum Single Number Equivalent sound level, in dB(A), that varies by district group and time of day: the RA, RA1, RB, RB1, RC, RC1, RC2 and RC3 residential districts are capped at 60 dB(A) in the daytime and 50 dB(A) at other times; the PDD1 and PDD2 planned-development districts get 65 dB(A) daytime and 55 dB(A) at other times; the NB, GB, GB1, CB and HB business districts are held to 65 dB(A) at any hour; and the TED, LI and IP industrial districts are allowed up to 70 dB(A) at any hour.
5 Hz up through 8,000 Hz, so a source can violate the ordinance while meeting the overall dB(A) figure if it concentrates energy in a single frequency band the table separately caps. 070.
Violations & Fines
Section 9.08.070 lets enforcement officers order remedial action or issue a citation carrying a fine of three hundred dollars for each day a measured violation continues, and a court conviction on the same conduct is punishable as a misdemeanor with a further three-hundred-dollar fine. The city can also seek an injunction against the offending equipment and may suspend or, after a hearing, revoke any license or permit connected to the noise source.
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