§ 6-3. Air conditioning regulations.

(a)

All individual air conditioning units installed in walls or windows shall be securely anchored to the walls by approved methods. Units installed over public property, paths of egress or more than ten feet above grade shall be secured to the structure by bolts or screws to resist horizontal wind loads. Such units cantilevering more than eight inches on the exterior of a building shall be supported by steel angle brackets secured by bolting. Bolts to masonry shall be set in lead shields or similarly rot-resistant fastenings.

(b)

The following special requirements shall apply to the control and regulation of noise nuisance from air conditioning machinery:

(1)

All equipment existing or hereafter installed, regardless of location, shall be maintained in good working order. Equipment so located that normal operating noises create a nuisance to adjacent owners or occupants shall be provided with soundproofing, or sound-absorbing baffels, or enclosures, as approved to ensure maintenance of a reasonable noise level.

(2)

All equipment on outer walls, on roofs, or in other exposed locations, which are unduly noisy, and which causes valid complaints from adjoining property owners or occupants, may be required to be relocated, redesigned and/or enclosed in noise-retarding materials when, in the opinion of the building official, such enclosure is necessary or would be effective.

(3)

Special consideration shall be given to the planning of all future installations to minimize the noise nuisance to adjoining property owners or occupants, and the building official shall have authority to reject or require the redesign of any system which, in his opinion, would cause such a noise nuisance.

(Code 1971, § 5-1.1)