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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Found this thread because I live farther away than OP (on Yuma St) and the sirens have been getting louder. Today I can hear them inside my house.

Is there really nothing that can be done about this? [/quote]

DC has very prescriptive noise ordinances: 
https://dob.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dob/Noise%20Regulation%20Handbook.pdf

[quote][i]Musical instruments, loudspeakers, radio, tape recorder, TV, CD player, stereo, and car stereos, unamplified voices
Maximum Level (in dB): 60 or zone max
Time: Any
Measurement Locations: 1 meter from source[/i][/quote]

MPD is supposed to enforce this. If they are refusing to enforce, then this constitutes a work stand-down.

Next step is for local residents to file for injunctive relief with the DC Courts for the Mayor's office to act on the issue. So get a local attorney in the neighborhood to draw up an action for relief. The protestors must keep all amplified sound at 60db or less when measured from 1 meter away. If you can hear it on Yuma Street, it's breaking the noise ordinance. [/quote]

That law says that First Amendment protests are exempted from noise control between the hours of 9pm and 7am, with no limited on decibel level, even as measured from inside residentially zoned buildings.

Comparing to the wording of street drummers exemption in the next paragraph, it really reads to me as the author of the document (not sure if it matches the law) is illiterate. [/quote]

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