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whereas the " specific " parts are not being violated and suggested the Board bear from the <br /> County Attorney ' s office . <br /> Deputy County Attorney William G . Collins II explained that Code Enforcement <br /> staff find themselves dealing with a very subj ective standard under the "gener ' 1 " provision . <br /> He then explained that to try to quantify a nuisance there are decibel le els that are <br /> considered acceptable for residential and other types of capability standards . S aff has been <br /> unable to get readings that would violate the decibel readings when adj acent to a residential <br /> neighborhood . They are reluctant to go before the Code Enforcement Board and not be able <br /> to prove a violation of the noise ordinance . He thought that if there is a nuisance and <br /> subjective standards are to be applied , then it would be more apropos of a civil action in <br /> court between the property owners and St. Ed ' s . To this point, he believes that staff cannot <br /> bring forward proof that the noise is in excess of what our Code allows adjacent to a <br /> residential neighborhood . <br /> Commissioner Neuberger stressed that something that goes on and on has to be <br /> objectionable and he believed the Board should tell our people to enforce the rdinance if <br /> it is objectionable to a reasonable person . <br /> Commissioner Ginn also favored sending this to be enforced by staff. <br /> In response to Commissioner Adams , Director Keating explained in detail that the <br /> decibel levels under the Code are different for day and for night, duration of the noise , <br /> thresholds of the noise , and zoning districts . He stressed that the Code is based on an <br /> average decibel reading . The problem is that the decibel level is higher in certai i frequency <br /> ranges . Our decibel reader does not monitor the decibel levels of all the frequency ranges . <br /> Our ordinance and equipment is geared to average decibel readings . He has money in the <br /> budget this year to purchase a more sophisticated decibel level reader and to engage a <br /> consultant to revise the noise ordinance but he has been waiting and hoping the City of Vero <br /> January 21 , 2003 <br /> 15 <br />