14 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, April 14, 1993 Noise 5 (continued from page 1) if it may be affecting her two dogs; since the noise became worse, they often stand with their ears pointed straight up at the edge of the property closest to the plant. “Their hearing is much more sensitive than ours. Maybe that's why they've been less calm lately,” she said. ; When contacted by a reporter, a secretary at Coates Reprographics said that the facility's ‘manager was unavailable to answer questions because he is out of the country. The firm's controller would not comment on the noise, refusing even to identify himself. The secretary said that the company is owned ship noise ordinances. “To do a complete sound level analysis, it costs us $500 per meter per day,” he said. “We use at least two meters, set up on tripods at different locations and continuously monitored for several days. An engineer from our firm specially trained in sound level analysis will interpret the results and make a report.” It could take several weeks for the meters to come in, since they are rented from another com- pany, he said. Doughton said that Dallas Township has spe- cific noise level limits for both residential and commercial areas in its zoning ordinance. by Total, a corporation based in France. “If you “If the noise exceeds the limits in the tables in i . ¢ want to talk to someone else, you would have to, yrdinance, the law says that they'll have to 5 : Sil ; | call our home offices in France or England,” she fle it somehow,” he said. ALL YOU CAN EAT - The Ham 'n Egg Breakfast planning committee members are, shown above, said. ; : ; from left, Gerald O'Donnell Paul Sabol, Jack Fowler. | Township engineer Tom Doughton, of Michael Kozick said that the plant has been in the Le J. Pasonick, Inc., said that he is arranging torent ~~ townshipsince the mid-1950's, when it was known . 's! 1%. wo som eect an nave sms 2 sre rene recent ev enn: | Bre@kfast benefits retarded citizens meters to measure the pitch, frequency and inten- ~~ Coates Reprographics after having been acquired ro sity of the noise, to determine if it violates town- by Total. The Back Mountain Police Citizens of Luzerne County. The up to 12 years of age, and may be * Association is planning the 10th event is done as a community purchased from all members of annual all you can eat Ham and service hy The Back Mountain the Association or at the door. Egg Breakfast, that will take place ~~ Police Association and all the work Chairman of the event is Paul ‘0 (§ on April 25, from 8 a.m. until 12 is performed by the police offi- Sabol, retired Chief of Police, . noon at the Dallas Senior High School Cafeteria. All proceeds of the event bene- fit the Association of Retarded cers, their families and friends. Kingston Townhip. Co-chairmen ! | ofthe event are ChiefJohn Fowler, | Dallas Borough and Chief Gerald | O'Donnell, Kingston. ‘ The Dallas Post donates to food bank The Dallas Post has donated $55 raised during a subscription drive, to the Back Mountain Food Bank. * The Post offered to donate $5 for each new subscription ordered at: the end of December to the food bank, and received 11 responses. The money was given to the food bank, which is located at the Trucksville*’ United Methodist Church last week. Tickets for the breakfast are $5 for adults and $2.50 for children Safety (continued from page 1) their departments and Dallas Borough, coordinated their efforts with PennDOT for the beginning of the safety campaign, which will continue through the next 18 months. ® The campaign's enforcement phase will kick in Friday, April 16, when police begin to crack down on speeders. “The police chiefs and I feel that the information blitz was a suc- cess and well-received by the community,” said Faith Ann Liuzzo, Penn-DOT community relations coordinator. 2 = da oY Yad S Ast Special Pre-Season prices shown include delivery within our normal SO Peal TOTAL LOSS - Burned building ordinances are designed to prevent fire-damaged structures, such as this home at Lake Silkworth from becoming hazards. Buildings (continued from page 1) this ordinance to protect the public from irresponsible or disinterested homeowners who might be tempted to abscond with the in- surance money or use it for other purposes, or people who are too old to make the repairs them- selves,” he continued. Initially concerned that govern- ment might be infringing too much on the rights of the individual citizen, supervisor Walter Glowgowski said he now believes the ordinance would ultimately benefit the township. “If my house burns down and I simply walk away from it, it will become an eyesore and a danger to my neighbors,” he said. Evans explained that the Office of Community Development once removed such sturctures, but has discontinued this program due to funding cuts. A municipality's only other recourse is to condemn the build- ing under the municipal nuisance code, a procedure which can take a year or more if the property has liens against it, the owners have left town or if a dummy corpora- tion owns the property, Evans said. Kingston Township is the only other area municipality to have such an ordinance, which the supervisors enacted in late 1992, according to township manager Jeff Box. “We have very few problems with burned-out buildings,” Box said. “You find most of these prob- lems in large cities, where acci- dental or arson fires take out entire buildings, which the owners then leave unrepaired.” Box said that the only other laws which could protect the public from either burned-out buildings or tumbledown struc- tures, such as Dallas Borough's infamous former Hearthstone Pub, razed late last year after several years of legal wrangling, are a set of codes developed by the Building officers and Code Ad- ministration, called the BOCA codes. Used only by Kingston Town- ship and Harveys Lake, these codes define the fire, electrical, plumbing and structural require- ments for all buildings in a mu- nicipality. Municipal governments must vote on whether or not they will use them. Harveys Lake, Dallas Borough, Dallas Township, Lehman Town- ship and Franklin Township don’t have aburned building ordinance, although Lehman Township zon- ing officer Barbara Simms said that she felt her township could use one. ASSISTED LIVING CENTER Route 4, Box 357, Dallas, PA 18612 * 24 hr. supervision * daily living assistance * medication monitoring Call 639-1885 for a personal tour. 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