The county sets no industrial-noise ordinance. Dayton regulates stationary noise sources by decibel limit and by requiring internal-combustion engines and exhausts to run through effective mufflers.
Factory, machinery, and fixed-equipment noise is controlled by local zoning and noise codes, not a county law. Dayton's stationary-noise rules cap sound from any fixed source at 61 dB(A) daytime and 55 dB(A) nighttime in residential-adjacent districts, measured at the property line, and declare excess noise a public nuisance. Dayton also requires that exhaust from stationary internal-combustion engines discharge only through an effective muffler and mandates muffling devices on gas engines. Industrial operations in incorporated areas answer to their city's zoning and noise codes; in unincorporated townships, trustees regulate under ORC 505.172. Ohio EPA rules may also apply to industrial emissions.
In Dayton, stationary and engine-noise violations are fourth-degree misdemeanors and are declared public nuisances, allowing abatement in addition to criminal penalties.
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