Exhaust Fans Made Apartment Too Noisy

LVT Number: #23946

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for causing or permitting unreasonable noise between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. DOB's inspector took sound-level readings in a bedroom of tenant's apartment and found that the ambient level measured 35 decibels. Total and calculated source sound levels were 47 decibels. The noise came from a shaft inside a closet and the source of the noise was exhaust fans. Six of the building's 12 roof exhaust fans were located directly above tenant's penthouse apartment.

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