The Final Solution
06-28-2004, 06:44 AM
[Obviously this billionaire kike has no ice cream stox in his portfolio, and has little use for dogs since the ASPCA prevents him from ritually torturing them.]
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MAYOR'S NOISE PLAN FINES EAR POLLUTERS
By STEPHANIE GASKELL
June 8, 2004 -- Mayor Bloomberg yesterday proposed a giant "Shhhhhh!" for the city — slapping a legal limit on barking time for dogs and ordering Mister Softee ice-cream trucks to shut off their trademark jingle. The mayor's sweeping anti-noise plan would be the first revision of the city's much-criticized noise code in 32 years.
In addition to banning all ice-cream truck drivers from playing their signature music beginning on Jan. 1, 2006, and permitting dogs to yelp only for five minutes during the day and 10 minutes at night, the measure would curtail the racket at construction sites and control decibels at rowdy bars and restaurants.
But it was Bloomberg's focus on ice-cream jingles and yappy dogs that drew the most attention.
James Conway, a vice president of Mister Softee, which operates about 250 ice-cream trucks across the city, said the proposed law "would seriously, seriously impact our business."
"There are a small percentage of operators who are not considerate — they play their song too loud and too long," he said. "On the other hand, there is a very vocal minority of residents who object to any kind of sound."
He added, "Somewhere in the middle is a compromise that all of us can live with."
The legislation would allow ice-cream trucks to use hand-rung bells until 2006.
City officials said the 311 non-emergency number has logged more than 1,200 complaints about the repetitive jingle since March 2003. Last month alone, 243 callers griped.
"One of the biggest complaints is the Mister Softee jingle," the mayor said as an ice-cream truck drove by while he was announcing the new plan at a press conference in Astoria Park, Queens.
But Dimitrious Konstantakakos, who has driven his truck for the past five years, said, "Without music, people don't know the ice-cream truck is here,"
Under the proposed legislation — which will be subject to public hearings and must be approved by the City Council — owners whose dogs bark for more than five minutes at night or 10 minutes during the day can be fined as much as $175.
"This is out of control," said Miriam Prussman, who was walking her golden retriever, Cody, in Manhattan. "What is he going to do? Restrict dogs from having vocal cords?"
The new noise code also would put restrictions on construction sites, such as requiring workers to cover jackhammers with blankets to muffle the noise.
Bars and nightclubs would actually see some of their noise regulations relaxed under the new law.
Currently, a cop can ticket a club owner for excessive noise outside his club, even if it's coming from the door being opened and closed. That provision would be taken out under the new bill.
The cop now has to hear excessive noise from at least 15 feet away — with the doors are shut.
Rob Bookman, attorney for the New York Nightlife Association, called the new bill "a good start."
The proposed law also changes the way noise is measured.
Cops are typically armed with noise meters, which measure decibels. Those would get tossed out and cops could now use what Bloomberg called "a court-approved standard" of acceptable noise, which measures noise based on distance.
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/25414.htm
http://www.gothamist.com/images/2004_04_italice.jpg
MAYOR'S NOISE PLAN FINES EAR POLLUTERS
By STEPHANIE GASKELL
June 8, 2004 -- Mayor Bloomberg yesterday proposed a giant "Shhhhhh!" for the city — slapping a legal limit on barking time for dogs and ordering Mister Softee ice-cream trucks to shut off their trademark jingle. The mayor's sweeping anti-noise plan would be the first revision of the city's much-criticized noise code in 32 years.
In addition to banning all ice-cream truck drivers from playing their signature music beginning on Jan. 1, 2006, and permitting dogs to yelp only for five minutes during the day and 10 minutes at night, the measure would curtail the racket at construction sites and control decibels at rowdy bars and restaurants.
But it was Bloomberg's focus on ice-cream jingles and yappy dogs that drew the most attention.
James Conway, a vice president of Mister Softee, which operates about 250 ice-cream trucks across the city, said the proposed law "would seriously, seriously impact our business."
"There are a small percentage of operators who are not considerate — they play their song too loud and too long," he said. "On the other hand, there is a very vocal minority of residents who object to any kind of sound."
He added, "Somewhere in the middle is a compromise that all of us can live with."
The legislation would allow ice-cream trucks to use hand-rung bells until 2006.
City officials said the 311 non-emergency number has logged more than 1,200 complaints about the repetitive jingle since March 2003. Last month alone, 243 callers griped.
"One of the biggest complaints is the Mister Softee jingle," the mayor said as an ice-cream truck drove by while he was announcing the new plan at a press conference in Astoria Park, Queens.
But Dimitrious Konstantakakos, who has driven his truck for the past five years, said, "Without music, people don't know the ice-cream truck is here,"
Under the proposed legislation — which will be subject to public hearings and must be approved by the City Council — owners whose dogs bark for more than five minutes at night or 10 minutes during the day can be fined as much as $175.
"This is out of control," said Miriam Prussman, who was walking her golden retriever, Cody, in Manhattan. "What is he going to do? Restrict dogs from having vocal cords?"
The new noise code also would put restrictions on construction sites, such as requiring workers to cover jackhammers with blankets to muffle the noise.
Bars and nightclubs would actually see some of their noise regulations relaxed under the new law.
Currently, a cop can ticket a club owner for excessive noise outside his club, even if it's coming from the door being opened and closed. That provision would be taken out under the new bill.
The cop now has to hear excessive noise from at least 15 feet away — with the doors are shut.
Rob Bookman, attorney for the New York Nightlife Association, called the new bill "a good start."
The proposed law also changes the way noise is measured.
Cops are typically armed with noise meters, which measure decibels. Those would get tossed out and cops could now use what Bloomberg called "a court-approved standard" of acceptable noise, which measures noise based on distance.
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/25414.htm