O-299-61 ORDINANCE NO. 299
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AIR CONDITION-
ING REGULATIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE:
Section 1. All individual air-conditioning units installed in
walls or windows shall be securely anchored to the walls by approved methods.
Units installed over public property, paths of egress or more than ten feet
above grade shall be secured to the structure by bolts or screws to resist
horizontal wind loads. Such units cantilevering more than eight inches on
the exterior of a building shall be supported by steel angle brackets secured
by bolting. Bolts to masonry shall be set in lead shields or similarly rot-
resistant fastenings.
Section 2. The following special requirements shall apply to
the control and regulation of noise nuisance from air-conditioning machinery:
(a) All equipment, existing or hereafter
installed, regardless of location, shall be maintained in
good working order. Equipment so located that normal
operating noises create a nuisance to adjacent owners
or occupants shall be provided with sound proofing, or
sound absorbing baffles, or enclosures, as approved
to insure maintenance of a reasonable noise level.
(b) All equipment on outer walls, on roofs,
or in other exposed locations, which are unduly noisy,
and which cause valid complaints from adjoining property
owners or occupants, may be required to be relocated,
redesigned and or enclosed in noise retarding materials
when, in the opinion of the Building Official, such
enclosure is necessary or would be effective.
(c) Special consideration shall be given
to the planning of all future installations to minimize
the noise nuisance to adjoining property owners or
occupants, and the Building Official shall have authority
to reject or require the re-design, of any system which,
in his opinion, would cause such a noise nuisance.
Section 3. Violation of this ordinance shall be punished as
is now or may hereafter be provided by law.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTtD this Zlst day of February, 1961.
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ATTEST:
Village Clerk
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