Abstract
The noise performance regulations written into the Chicago zoning ordinance in 1955 set the stage for the widespread noise limits in performance zoning regulations in the United States. Such performance regulations are widely used at every level of government to provide some measure of noise control in industrial and industrial park zones. However, actual sound levels specified within these regulations are often selected without regard to the existing ambient conditions or to features of the master plan of the area. Even when statistical pictures of the ambient are available, selection of sound levels for the performance regulation and the point at which these levels must be measured are extremely difficult to select. The need has become apparent for guidelines for the selection of appropriate performance limits and the possible recasting of the regulations in any particular municipality in order to achieve the desired social result. The present procedures appear to create legal liabilities rather than to provide protection to the members of the community.
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