Showing ordinances that apply to Yorktown Heights, NY
Yorktown Heights is an unincorporated community (population 1,884) in Westchester County, New York. Because Yorktown Heights is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Westchester County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The industrial noise rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Industrial noise is regulated at the municipal level via zoning codes. Westchester County Department of Health investigates noise that rises to a public health nuisance.
NY has no statewide industrial noise dB standard for general commerce. Westchester's industrial zones (parts of Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Peekskill, Elmsford) are governed by the host municipality's zoning code, which typically sets daytime and nighttime dBA limits at property lines. County Health Department involvement is limited to health nuisance cases.
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