
Live Feed is turned on when they start to get loud. Typically between 9 PM and 10 PM Friday & Saturday nights, and Sundays starting as early as 10:30 AM.
You might think there is little difference between 50 and 55 dB(a), but you would be wrong. 55 dB(a) is 5x more intense than 50! The rule of thumb to calculate a sound’s intensity depending on its decibel level is that each 10 dB increase represents a 10x increase in sound intensity. Regarding the sound volume, we perceive a 10x sound intensity as a 2x increase in sound volume. So 55 dB(a) is 1.5x louder than 50, and 60 dB(a) would be twice as loud as 50 dB(a).
Read more about what 50dB(a) is and how it compares to higher dB(a) levels.
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It’s important to note that we have made multiple concessions over the years regarding our quality of life and health. We have even had our attorney propose a cost-effective solution they could quickly deploy to mitigate the problem. Still, they have no interest in complying with or mitigating their noise and preventing its encroachment into their neighbors’ property which ultimately denies them the right to the peaceful enjoyment and intended use of their home.
The city of Norwalk, CT, is effectively impudent in dealing with these matters through its willful ignorance of the problem. The city mayor, Harry Rilling, police, and health departments have allowed these businesses to do as they please with no consequences for breaking the rules. The people living on Washington St. are treated as second-class citizens when enforcing the city’s noise ordinance regulations. City officials willfully ignore any subsequent health and quality of life issues.
Attitudes are a reflection of enforcement. Nothing will change until tickets are handed out.
The City of Norwalk, Connecticut, is complicit in depriving our right to the peaceful use of our home outlined in the State of Connecticut and Norwalk, CT, noise ordinances.
The microphone on the NEST camera is not studio recording quality, so it will not accurately represent the volume/loudness/intensity you may see on the decibel meter.
This meter and NEST camera are located in our bedroom. They do not represent decibel levels in other tenant units, which may differ depending on speaker positioning within the commercial space below. The dB(a) level is typically lower in our bedroom than what we are experiencing in the rest of our unit, that is, over the commercial space due to a subfloor installed sometime before purchasing the unit.
The decibel meter(s) are periodically tested/calibrated. Date of most recent calibration test: 11/5/2023
All recordings are saved as evidence for pending litigation.
Norwalk, CT's Noise Ordinance for the Washington Street Development District (WSDD)
