N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 21 § 9003.34

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024

Section 9003.34 - Noise; musical instruments

(a) No person shall make or cause any excessive, unreasonable, or unusually loud noise in any park, including any park street, which causes public inconvenience, annoyance or harm or otherwise disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, peace, health or safety of any person, or disturbs or causes injury to plant or animal life, or damage to business or property.

(b) No person shall play or operate any sound system, without a permit from ParksCorp. No person shall operate any sound reproduction device, provided that this subdivision shall not apply to the regular and customary use of portable radios, record players, compact disc players, television receivers, tape recorders or other similar devices played or operated in full accordance with these Rules so as not unreasonably to disturb other persons in their permitted uses of the parks, including any park street, except that in areas designated by ParksCorp as "quiet zones" such regular and customary use of sound reproduction devices shall be prohibited. Signs shall be posted in all quiet zones advising the public of such prohibition. Use of radios and other sound reproduction devices listened to solely by headphones or earphones, and inaudible to others, is permitted in all areas of the parks.

(c) No person shall play or operate any musical instrument, drum or sound reproduction device or other device for producing sound between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. except under the express terms of a permit. ParksCorp or the BPCA may, in its discretion, further restrict such hours in specific parks, including any park street, where such operation would disturb or damage the comfort, peace, health or safety of persons or business.

(d) No person shall play or operate any musical instrument, drum sound system or sound reproduction device or cause any sound or noise for advertising or commercial purposes except as otherwise permitted in these rules.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 9003.34