borg359 t1_jcg2pm9 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in My “luxury” apartment buildings trash compactor is next to our apartment, wakes me up all hours of the night, and the building refuses to do anything. What should I do? by CCIRMAJOR26
Cities have quiet hours for a reason. There’s nothing entitled about expecting people to obey them.
missjennielang t1_jckxgb4 wrote
Quiet hours don’t apply to necessary noises, the compactor would need to be going off excessively to possibly be considered.
borg359 t1_jckzjhe wrote
Yeah, I’m sure there’s a legal definition for what is “necessary”.
missjennielang t1_jckzoj8 wrote
Trash removal is deemed a necessary service so if the compactor is so full it needs to run it’s not in violation.
borg359 t1_jcl0yq1 wrote
Not for private trash collection. Here’s the language from the ordinances. The trash compactor is run by a private company.
“Trash collection by private haulers is prohibited between the hours of 9 pm and 7 am in residential, special purpose, or waterfront zones, or within 300 feet of any of these zones. These rules do not apply to Department of Public Works vehicles, only private trash collection companies.”
missjennielang t1_jcl15om wrote
That’s about a hauler not a compactor, OP is not talking about a vehicle. You’re not understanding the use of collection or vehicle
borg359 t1_jclyjva wrote
I’m responding to your claim that all trash services are somehow deemed “necessary” and therefore except from noise ordinances. This paragraph shows that’s clearly false.
missjennielang t1_jcn41c0 wrote
The machine would break and the building would be without a necessary service if the machine was allowed to be overfilled denying an entire building use of an essential service. The paragraph you copied has absolutely nothing to do with this situation.
borg359 t1_jcnljek wrote
The machine would break from not being used from 9pm to 7am? Please just STFU already.
missjennielang t1_jcnr9bf wrote
It wouldn’t run at night if it wasn’t at capacity
[deleted] t1_jcga888 wrote
"Change the building just for me." Taking the trash out isn't an infraction of quiet hours.
Maybe I should call the city on those darn trash trucks that wake me up every morning collecting garbage.
borg359 t1_jcgzyrq wrote
Does the city pick up trash at midnight? How about 3am? No? Why do you think is? Why would expecting the building to adhere to similar hours for the trash compactor be any different?
missjennielang t1_jckxo4o wrote
They legally can, only private companies have restricted times
borg359 t1_jckzm5a wrote
But they don’t for a reason. That’s the point.
missjennielang t1_jckzu1m wrote
But they do when it’s necessary like major tourist events
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