Hey, Daley!

This would be a most excellent idea to initiate in Chicago as well.

Bloomberg Seeks to Toughen Code for Noise in City:

"The legislation contains 45 pages of painstaking detail about sound and its resulting fury, with many areas singled out for enforcement, including these:

¶ Barking dogs would have 5 minutes to cease yapping at night, and 10 minutes during the day. (Currently there is no time limit.)

¶ Roaring air conditioning units, now mostly exempt from noise laws when in clusters, would be subject to stricter standards.

¶ Construction projects would most likely be curtailed on weekends and at night, and the industry would be asked to use equipment to reduce sound, like noise jackets for jackhammers.

¶ Ice cream trucks, accustomed to inching down city streets bleating out-of-tune childhood ditties, would have to lose their soundtracks by 2006, replacing them with the little bells of yore. (Taco trucks would meet the same fate.)"

extremely interesting, especially since there are several construction projects within 3 blocks of me, plus the Haymarket Riot memorial/alley reconstruction about to begin, and a tuckpointing project on our building almost ready to start. I was thinking of renting office space because it is going to be freakin' loud here soon.

I'd ad another idea: fine trucks for sitting and idling for more than 5 minutes (including City buses)! Not only are they loud, but the diesel fumes are noxious.

Ok, you can go back to your Millennium Park/Casino plans now.....