Industrial and commercial noise in St. Clair County is regulated mainly by the Illinois Pollution Control Board's property-line sound limits and the county Zoning Ordinance's nuisance provisions barring disturbances beyond the property line.
The St. Clair County Zoning Ordinance restricts noisome operations, prohibiting vibrations and disturbances discernible beyond the premises' property line, and bars uses that create a nuisance or detrimental condition. Manufacturing and Metro East industrial sites must also meet the statewide octave-band sound-pressure limits set by the Illinois Pollution Control Board (35 Ill. Adm. Code 901), measured at the receiving property line and lower during nighttime hours. The Illinois EPA and Pollution Control Board enforce numeric exceedances, while the county handles zoning-nuisance aspects. Facilities inside cities also answer to municipal zoning and performance standards.
Zoning nuisance citations and abatement by the county; IPCB/Illinois EPA enforcement with cease-and-desist orders and civil penalties for exceeding state sound limits.
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