<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I looked up the town laws on noise. The dumpster noise is definitely violating our town laws (see below.) However, in order for the police to follow through on this, they will need to measure the noise level when it's happening. That means they will need to "stake out" the dumpsters. As you can imagine, this might be less important to them than traffic safety or crime prevention. </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">My advice to you is to figure out exactly when the dumpsters are being emptied, and call the police to lodge yet another complaint. In fact, I think anyone affected by this should call and complain. The squeaky wheel gets the grease! In your complaint, tell them the day(s) of the week and time of day that it regularly occurs. Then contact your councilperson to make sure there is follow-through. My guess is that Crescent Cities and Jemal's building subcontract the trash hauling out to the same contractor. The contractor needs to be held responsible, and the only way to do that is to apply pressure to their employers. </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Good luck! I know how incredibly irritating something like this can be having lived through the construction of a 9 story building next to my apartment (years ago). Each morning (Mon - Sat) at 5 am, I was awakened to the sound of rebar crashing into a metal dumpster several stories below: GOOD MORNING!!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-Sarah</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-----</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From the town code (<A href="http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us/AboutRiverdalePark/LawsOfTown/default.html">http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us/AboutRiverdalePark/LawsOfTown/default.html</A>)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>§ 50-11. Environmental Noise Control . </B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.5px;"><B>[Adopted 1-20-54 as former § 54-17. Titled "Unreasonable Noise Prohibited"] [Repealed and replaced, retitled 4-7-97, effective 4-27-97].</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>§ 50-11-1 Definitions.</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">“Commercial land use”- Property zoned or used for the sale of goods and services or for office uses.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>§ </B><B>50-11.2 Standards.</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(a) No person shall operate, play or permit the operation or playing of any radio, television, record player, tape recorder, musical instrument, amplifier or any similar device so as to cause sound measurable beyond the property line of the source at levels greater than the following:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Industrial 75 dBA, daytime or nighttime</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Commercial 67 dBA, daytime, 62 dBA, nighttime</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Residential 60 dBA, daytime, 50 dBA, nighttime</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(b) Sound level measurements may be taken anywhere beyond the property line of the source, on public or private property, five feet above the ground. In the case of a multiple dwelling unit, the property line shall be defined as that area beyond the walls of an individual dwelling unit. Measurements from unzoned property shall conform with those standards for residential zoned property. </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(c) Sound level measurements shall be taken by a trained operator using a sound level meter set on the "slow" setting. The sound level meter shall be maintained and calibrated and remain in good working order.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>§ 50-11.3 Loud Noise Prohibited</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(a) <B>Generally </B>- Loud and unnecessary noise which disturbs the public peace between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., local time, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be deemed a public nuisance and is prohibited. Sound levels measured from the property line of the source not in compliance with levels specified in section 50-11.2 of this chapter are presumed a public nuisance, and subject the violator to the penalties set forth in section 50-11.5.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>