1840

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 240

(I)  TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT HEARING LOSS;

(II)  INTERFERENCE WITH SLEEP, SPEECH
COMMUNICATION, WORK, OR OTHER HUMAN ACTIVITIES;

(III)  ADVERSE PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES;

(IV)  PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS;

(V)  HARM TO ANIMAL LIFE;

(VI)  DEVALUATION OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY;
AND

(VII)  UNREASONABLE INTERFERENCE WITH THE
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE OR PROPERTY.

(C)  SOUND LEVEL LIMITS; NOISE CONTROL RULES AND
REGULATIONS.

(1)  IN ADOPTING SOUND LEVEL LIMITS AND NOISE
CONTROL RULES AND REGULATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
CONSIDER, AMONG OTHER THINGS:

(I)  THE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, OR
INDUSTRIAL NATURE OF THE AREA AFFECTED;

(II)  ZONING;

(III)  THE NATURE AND SOURCE OF VARIOUS
KINDS OF NOISE;

(IV)  THE DEGREE OF NOISE REDUCTION THAT
MAY BE ATTAINED AND MAINTAINED USING THE BEST AVAILABLE
TECHNOLOGY;

(V)  ACCEPTED SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL
METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT OF SOUND LEVELS; AND

(VI)  THE COST OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOUND
LEVEL LIMITS.

(2)  THE SOUND LEVEL LIMITS ADOPTED UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE
STANDARDS ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

(3)  THE SOUND LEVEL LIMITS AND NOISE CONTROL
RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION MAY NOT
PROHIBIT TRAPSHOOTING OR OTHER TARGET SHOOTING ON ANY RANGE
OR OTHER PROPERTY IN FREDERICK COUNTY THAT THE FREDERICK
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING HAS APPROVED AS A
PLACE FOR THOSE SPORTING EVENTS.

(D)  EXCEPTIONS.