§ 52-02 After Hours Response Time for Street Work.
RCNY § 52-02
(a)When a complaint is reported to DEP concerning after hours noise from street construction, which would require an after hours variance from the Department of Transportation (DOT), DEP staff will check the DOT website. If there is no variance, or a variance only for that one day, an inspection will be conducted that day or night. If it is unclear from the website if there is a variance, or if there is a variance within the first three days of receiving such complaint, DEP will conduct an inspection to ascertain if there is a DOT permit and to monitor for noise. DEP staff should inspect 75% of all street construction complaints within three days or less. The remainder of the 25% of complaints should be inspected by the fourth day.
(b)DEP staff should also monitor after-hour complaints to identify situations where three or more complaints relate to the same work location and are received within four hours of each other. Where feasible and the three or more complaints are received within working hours, the inspection will be conducted for those locations whether or not there is an after hours variance. (Added City Record 9/14/2018, eff. 10/14/2018)
