Might be tough on nearby windows.
Posted on 10/25/2016 11:39:45 AM PDT by heartwood
My brother lives on a residential block zoned commercial. On the next block is a gas station that has just installed tvs next to the pumps and started playing music 6 am to 10 pm "to attract customers." It's cranked up LOUD about 150 ft from his house. He works at home and spends a lot of time working on his house and yard and the noise is making him miserable.
He's spoken to the gas station owners, no luck, and to the town - no noise ordinances in commercial zones.
Any suggestions?
I've never seen gas pump TVs. Is it a southern thing? Do they really attract customers or does the TV company pay the station, to get advertising revenue?
The TVs at supermarket cash registers already annoy me - who thinks, hey let's go to Bill's Pump N Snack and we can catch up on the News N Ads? I
Does this station sell name-brand fuel (Exxon/Mobil, Shell, BP/Amoco, etc.)?
I disagree with this approach. One attempt is enough. Any further contact will make it that much harder to get away with more extreme measures.
P.S. — At this point I would not be interested in getting the guy to turn the volume down on the TVs. He has to be run out of business because he didn’t respond accordingly when he was asked nicely.
I should clarify - PROLONGED sound of typing in the office... I say this due to a co-worker has been “studying” for a test for several weeks. The co-worker thinks it is effective to study by typing notes from the textbook material. This goes on for HOURS AND HOURS, and I seem to be doing very poorly at coping with this day after day.
Probably, gas stations are low enough in profit they’re usually capitalizing on existing zoning rather than working the system to change it. If the name really is Bill Pump N Snack though it’ll probably die fast. At least here unaffiliated gas stations rarely live more than a year. Of course then you have a derelict former gas station in the neighborhood inviting vandalism and loiterers. Not a lot of happy endings in this scenario.
When I lived in the city we had some dindu nuffins move into the neighborhood. Crap music blaring at all hours. I got together with a few neighbors and set up a stream web channel for music and we just out blasted them from all sides with the same song over and over.
Melanie, Brand new roller skates.
They moved out in less than a week.
I’m out in the country now.
Get a big union-goon type guy to pay him a visit and tell him what nice speakers he has... It’d be a shame if something were to happen to them
My wife used to retaliate with Christmas music.
On the internet, you can buy sound cannons.
Can anyone offer ideas about anything that would not involve doing something that might be construed as physical destruction of property? The station owner would fight back and the resident would be in legal jeopardy.
Not sure about complaints to federal agencies. I don’t think they’d take an anonymous tip seriously, and I wouldn’t want to be known as the source of the complaint.
I’m assuming the proprietor has the local politicians in his back pocket; perhaps their collective intention is to drive down property values to purchase for development.He’s already succeeded with the first part.
But,
could electronic interference be used to create noise and distortion in the system?
Also: does anyone know of a noise cancellation scheme the home owner might use for immediate relief? Would a mike and reverse polarity amp cancel enough of the signal?
As a legal resort he might file suit in civil court; usually 10 K is the limit but no lawyer is required.
Filing collectively would minimize risk of intimidation, and any documented instance of this would strengthen your position. A defendant would be reluctant to get even in that case. Get a sound meter and document everything. Get your neighbors to do the same.
Keep us posted.
Or both.
“and the cops are just itching for trouble.”
Really ?
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Problem with a pissing contest is even the winner gets covered in pee. They make noise, he makes noise, you really think a gas station cares about noise?
“There are TVs at at least some of the Sunoco stations in Virginia and they are quite loud.”
I’m astonished at this -—I never even heard of such a thing.
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I am in an courthouse apartment with a swimming pool in the center. My new neighbor must have some soundbar that amplifies the bass. One day around 12 noon he was playing so loud I could hear it at the back gate. He has no windows facing the courthouse so that should give you an idea how loud! The neighbors downstairs from him and right next to him are not around much so do not hear it like I do.
The manager has been given a written complaint as has the neighbor. It is quieter but he will crank it up after 10pm to past 11pm. I have 2 closets filled with stuff between me and the noise is still noisy. The neighbors right next door to him have it worse as they have no closet facing his direction. They keep the a/c running to help block the noise. It has gotten so bad at times that I bang on the wall and yell at him. It quiets down for a few days - maybe, then he starts up again. He also dumps his trash bag of garbage outside his door and the fluids drain all over the 2nd floor past 4 apartments. The “manager” does not clean up or have him do so.
There is a noise ordinance and the police have a dept just for noise complaints. I read the statue and it says 5db above the ambient noise level. I downloaded a free app called Sound Meter and will call the number they have listed. There can be a $1,000 fine and 6 months in jail so I hope this $#@! gets both.
My neighbor is also being watched by the sheriff’s department. They’ve found five stolen vehicles near his house -which of course he knows NOTHING about. I’m working with deputies to nail the jackasses. It’s slow going, though.
Yeah living this apartment building has interesting moments. I recently found out what the police raid was all about from late last year. 2 women dealing meth with a guy in another apartment overseeing the operation. 1 pound of meth was found. The door was busted in and had to be replaced. The police told the manager at the time not to advertise any open apartments for a while as more drug dealers would move in.
Location, location, location I guess.
Might be tough on nearby windows.
If it brings down the value of the property he can sue. Ask a real estate lawyer.
yep. The smartest man always wins.
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