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Law on silence in Moscow

Noisy work in Moscow has been subject to various laws in recent years. At first there was a law on silence in Moscow No. 42 of July 12, 2002, which, unfortunately, did not regulate the time of repair work in any way. Therefore, a new decree of the Moscow Government No. 73 of 02/08/2005 appeared, which established that noisy repair work in a residential building in Moscow should be carried out from 9.00 to 19.00. After the recognition of the new resolution on the redevelopment of apartments No. 508 on October 25, 2011, the previous resolution No. 73 was canceled, and with it the issue of noise work in Moscow hung again, since there were no laws left that would regulate this issue.

What the law says about when you can make repairs in an apartment

Repair is usually a rather noisy and lengthy task, often lasting more than one week. This is stated in the norms and rules established by the legislation of the Russian Federation about when it is possible to make repairs in an apartment. Sometimes residents or the employees they employ do not comply due to ignorance of the laws, or simply disregard for them. But if renovations in an apartment are carried out during prohibited hours, causing inconvenience to others, neighbors have every right to demand that the work be completed and file a complaint with the appropriate authorities in order to bring the troublemakers to justice.

Every resident of Russia should know how long it takes to make repairs in an apartment and when it needs to be completed, how many hours can be allocated for this. Otherwise, you will not be aware of what rights you have, what time you should or should not pay attention to loud noises, and how you can be punished for breaking the law. After all, both construction and repairs produce a lot of noise: drills, hammer drills, hours of drilling and knocking.

Such knowledge will be useful both to those who intend to fight for a relaxing holiday in their own home, and to those who decide to make repairs.

Alas, there is simply no single document that would regulate throughout Russia when exactly you can turn on a hammer drill and when you should stop hammering nails. Each region has introduced its own rules regarding the timing of construction and repairs. They indicate a clearly defined time, and also indicate on what days you can do repairs in the apartment. Also, such standards indicate what awaits you for violating the rules: if you make noise at prohibited times, you will face administrative liability - troublemakers will have to pay a fine.

The norms in force in the regions reflect the rights of both parties: those who make repairs and their neighbors. They apply to both individuals and legal entities. Each territory where standards have been introduced has its own order, but it is based on the Housing, Civil, Administrative Codes of the Russian Federation and on decrees of the State Construction Committee.

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Noise standards in Russia

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The noise standard in Russia is a flexible concept. Despite the fact that it is clearly defined by law, some situations allow it to be exceeded. So, for example, deviation from the norm is possible within a small limit for any citizen (up to 5 dB) and up to 10 dB for territories near which highways and railway tracks are located.

The noise standard is determined separately for the daytime - from 7 am to 11 pm, and for the night - from 11 pm to 7 am. The maximum permissible noise value is determined in decibels (dB) and is equal to:

during the daytime – 55 dB;
at night – 45 dB.

You can determine how noisy your place is using special devices. For an approximate “noise assessment”, let’s present some noise indicators and the phenomena that cause them:

conversation in a whisper or “ticking” of a standard wall clock – 25-30 dB;
normal conversation or slightly elevated tone – 40-45 dB;
operation of a running car engine – 50-55 dB;
operation of the vacuum cleaner – 70-75 dB;
screaming or crying of a child – 75-80 dB;
cry of an adult – 85-90 dB;
drilling with a powerful drill or hammer drill – 95-100 dB;
work with a jackhammer – 115-120 dB.

It is important to understand that these norms can be violated, but only on a short-term basis (5-10 minutes). If the violations are systematic and long-term, then citizens whose peace is disturbed by noise have every right to complain about the offender to the relevant government agency.

When exactly can renovations be done in an apartment?

The time when you can make repairs in an apartment is the same in a number of Russian regions. Most often we are talking about the following restrictions:

from Monday to Friday, repair work can begin no earlier than 9:00, and it must be completed before 19:00;
It is prohibited to carry out repairs in the apartment on weekends and holidays;

it is prohibited to start construction work earlier than 8:00 and continue after 20:00;
before 8:00 and after 20:00 it is forbidden to import or export construction materials, as well as remove garbage from the place where repair work is being carried out;
It is not allowed to carry out repairs during which fire hazardous work is carried out on weekends and holidays;
Construction work can be carried out without a break for no longer than six hours in a row. After this, you must take a break for at least an hour, and only then continue again.

Fines and liability in St. Petersburg

Fine for noise in the apartment due to loud music, shouting in apartment buildings, singing late at night:

Individuals – 500–5,000 rubles.
Officials – 25–50 thousand rubles.
Legal entity – 50–200 thousand rubles.

This should not be done at night

For setting off fireworks and setting off firecrackers at night, citizens who disturb the silence will face a noise fine of 1–5 thousand rubles. Officials and legal entities will be fined in the amounts indicated above in the list.

It is worth noting that an individual, unlike the last two, can legally get off with a warning for such a violation of silence.

On New Year's Eve, on the contrary, the law is loyal and it is allowed to make noise until 4 am. Mass celebrations, music from apartments - nothing can overshadow the holiday.

No fines are imposed by law, and according to the Administrative Code there are no violations of this. The noise on December 31st on New Year's Day is an annual routine for all of Russia.

If you make repairs or drill in an apartment during quiet hours, the penalty for noise will be more serious:

For citizens (individuals) – 3–5 thousand rubles.
Fine for officials – 25–50 thousand rubles.
For organizations – 250–500 tr.

When you can make noise: exceptions to the Law on Silence

These standards do not apply in situations where disturbance of silence and noise is caused by:

operational work of law enforcement agencies;
liquidation of emergencies, accidents and their consequences;
performing extra-urgent work;
cultural events (coordinated with the district or city administration), religious holidays, sports competitions;
with snow removal in winter.

Disturbing the silence by neighbors

Additional Important Points

When renovating apartment buildings, there are requirements not only for the time of day, but also a number of restrictions that are related to construction and finishing work:

It is prohibited to make repairs in the apartment for more than three months, regardless of how much work remains to be done.
When making renovations in an apartment, you need to remember that during it there should be no damage to neighboring rooms.
For entrances and elevators there are separate rules that apply during repairs.
Stairwells and escape routes from the building must not be barricaded with construction waste and repair materials.
It is prohibited to transport construction materials and waste without packaging in passenger elevators.
The permissible threshold of vibration and noise is regulated by the Sanitary and Epidemiological Service. For apartment buildings it is 40 decibels. If this figure is exceeded during repairs, residents have the right to complain. Exceeding the threshold may result in a warning or a fine.

The legal component of renovations in an apartment is currently one of the obvious problems both for people who live in apartment buildings and for the workers who do these renovations. It is important that everyone who decides to renovate their apartment learns to be polite to their neighbors, and for this you need, among other things, to know the law.

Good relationships between neighbors can help make home renovations easier and faster. So, if its owner can collect signatures from other residents of the house stating that they are not against repair or construction work at times prohibited by the law on silence, he will have the opportunity to carry out all the necessary actions before 8:00.

Otherwise, according to the Administrative Code (CAO), a monetary penalty may be imposed.

A hammer drill or a hammer drill are the noisiest tools when carrying out renovation work in an apartment. Rumble and vibration are what create the main noise level during their operation. They cause the most irritation among residents.

Therefore, as a neighbor, it is better to warn all owners about drilling or repairs in advance by posting an announcement about it on the ground floor.

About the works

The time of silence in apartments, both in any city in the Russian Federation and in St. Petersburg, is regulated by law. This is a prerequisite for the peaceful coexistence of the residents of the house. It reflects the hours when any city resident can relax and recuperate without any outside noise.

Loud sounds

Compliance with the law of St. Petersburg in 2020–2021, as amended, is due to precisely this right of every citizen. It clearly states the hours when it is necessary to ensure silence in residential areas.

Silence is an important criterion for a person’s comfortable stay somewhere. Excess noise is often an irritant, negatively affecting the human nervous system. Medicine and sanitation pay special attention to this.

For comparison with acceptable values, you can give the volume of other sound sources that you encounter regularly. They are shown in the figure below.

Noise levels

Failure to comply with the rules may result in a fine in accordance with the Administrative Code (Administrative Code of St. Petersburg). That is why it is better to read Law 273-70 “On Administrative Offenses” carefully. You can download its official text with amendments at the very end of the article.

Noise Limits

Is it possible to do renovations in the apartment on the weekend? When exactly is it okay to be noisy? The answers to these questions can be found in the legislation of the region in which you live. But it is much more difficult to decide what noise is and how to understand how quietly one should behave.

Federal legislation will help with this. According to it, noise should not exceed 55 decibels during the day and 45 decibels at night. To understand, you can compare the decibel level with familiar noise sources:

strong wind and rustling trees - 24 dB;
the noise the refrigerator makes is 42 dB;
air conditioning - 36 dB;
conversation between several people - 45 dB;
printer sounds - 50 dB;
screams of quarrels - 60 dB;
not the most powerful screwdriver - 65 dB;
phone ringing - 80 dB;
playing musical instruments - 85 dB;
vacuum cleaner noise - 80 dB;
motorcycle engine roar - 100 dB;
crying child - 80 dB;
repair work - 100-120 dB;
music from a nightclub - 110 dB;
aircraft turbine noise - 140 dB;
explosion - 200 dB.

Based on this, you have the opportunity to roughly determine what level of noise your instruments produce. But it would be best to warn your neighbors that you are going to renovate your apartment. The most correct move is to negotiate with the residents of the house personally, but you can simply hang a notice on the entrance door.

Amount of fine for violations

Fines are provided for in Art. 6.3 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. In order for the culprits to be punished, it is necessary to record the noise level. This is done with the help of devices that special services have.

Calling SES officers is not always convenient. Its representatives may come at a time when repair work is suspended. The most common way to establish silence with the help of the Code of Administrative Offenses is a collective statement by residents that loud repairs are being carried out in such and such an apartment, for example, on Sunday. The basis for punishment may also be operating the hammer drill for too long on weekdays.

Fines for noise pollution include:

for individuals - 100-500 rubles;
for legal entities - 10,000-20,000 rubles;
for officials and entrepreneurs without the formation of a legal entity - 500-1000 rubles.

The category of penalties also includes suspension of the organization’s activities for up to 90 days.

Services that monitor the standards of repairs in apartments

The rules that apply during repair work regulate special services. Among them is a sanitary and epidemiological station, whose specialists measure and record the level of noise produced. Statements of violations are processed by Rospotrebnadzor employees and the district police officer. According to Russian laws, violations during repairs are punishable by administrative liability. A warning or fine may be issued.

Peculiarities

The Law on Silence in St. Petersburg 2021 does not provide for “quiet hour”. But babies and old people need a break for sleep and rest during the day. Such amendments to the law in St. Petersburg are discussed regularly, but have not yet been adopted.

Often, residents of apartments in apartment buildings do not understand where to complain about illegal violation of peace: noise, loud music, repairs and drilling of walls.

Moreover, protocols for disturbing the peace in St. Petersburg can only be drawn up by employees of the law and order committee. The police do not have the right to record such administrative cases.

Subtleties of the law

However, if your neighbors are making noise, playing loud music and keeping you awake at night, you should call the police. It is the police who have every right under the law to suppress such offenses.

Loud guitar playing

When neighbors and apartment guests constantly swear and make noise, disturbing the peace and quiet, you can write a statement to the local inspector. He will pay a visit to the troubled residents of the house to clarify and eliminate further violations of the law.

What to do if neighbors make a lot of noise during apartment renovation

Situations when neighbors are extremely noisy during apartment renovations and do not want to be sympathetic to your calls for silence often arise.

To resolve this issue, you need to study the regional legislation that concerns noise, and if your neighbors violate it, call the police.

It is better if, when contacting law enforcement agencies, you follow these rules:

record the call;
dial the unified service 112;
introduce yourself, tell us where you live, describe why you were forced to apply;
warn that if the police do not arrive, you will complain to the appropriate authorities.

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If the sound really exceeds the norm

When in the neighborhood they really violate the sound standards in dB in an apartment by playing the piano, you need to read the statement of SanPiN, or rather Appendix 3. If for a long time the sound level goes off scale, then it is recommended to read the article on violation of sanitary and epidemiological requirements, namely 6.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses RF.

In musical school

If an application for noise measurement has already been submitted, then there is one slippery nuance in this moment. It is impossible to determine the sound level from playing the piano and fix it into some specific constant.

You can press the keys of a piano with different strengths, so the sound can be of different volumes. However, as is known, the level of noise that people create outside of quiet hours is not considered a violation.

Therefore, other residents cannot prohibit playing a musical instrument. When a neighbor in an apartment plays the piano on a regular basis, and very loudly, then contacting the SES will be relevant.

Playing the piano

Who's making noise?

held administratively liable for noise that disturbs the peace and quiet of citizens :

other citizens. Moreover, you can attract people from the age of 16;
officials (for example, if the bar administrator does not fulfill the obligation to control the noise level in the establishment);
legal entities (if, for example, an organization carries out construction work at the wrong time).

Innovations

Changes in the regulatory act relate only to the quarantine period or the time of emergency response. Amendments to the silence law were signed by the governor. The changes state that during high alert and emergency response, as well as during quarantine measures, it is forbidden to make repairs, drill, or perform any noisy work:

On weekdays - from 19 to 9 hours and from 11 to 17 hours.
On Saturday - from 19 to 10 hours and from 11 to 17 hours.
On Sundays and holidays - 24 hours a day.

In the evening on the street

The exception includes urgent, urgent repair work that affects the safety and livelihoods of citizens.

Otherwise the norms remain the same. As of January 1, 2021, these amendments are no longer valid.

Federal regulations

Russian Federation standards establish acceptable noise parameters in apartments and adjacent areas. At night, their level in the apartment cannot be more than 45 dB, near the apartment building - no more than 60. During the day, the value of these parameters is higher. For indoors – 55 dB, on the street near the house – 70 dB.

All this is spelled out in sanitary standards, which are referred to by Decree 52-FZ. This is the basic law that should be relied upon if there is no regional legislative act in any subject on the regime of silence.

What to do?

A natural and normal reaction to the noise made by residents in a neighboring apartment would be to talk to the noisy neighbors.

Although it is necessary to take into account the adequacy of the neighbors' data.

If they consistently display antisocial behavior, are constantly rowdy, and are drunk, a normal and friendly conversation with them will obviously not work out and they will not stop making noise.

In this case, you should contact your local police officer or call the police.

To do this, you need to call and report that the actions of specific individuals have disturbed peace and quiet.

It is important to be prepared before police arrive on scene in case the noise stops.

So, if the noise disturbed not only you, you can ask other residents to participate when communicating with the police squad.

If you couldn’t find anyone, you can record the noisy actions on a smartphone, voice recorder or video camera.

In the future, this record can be presented not only to police officers, but also in court when considering a case of an administrative offense, where you will act as a victim.

The need to record actions that violate your peace and quiet is due to the fact that upon the arrival of the police, the offender may say that he did not make noise, and therefore you yourself may be brought to administrative responsibility for falsely calling the police.

Upon arrival, the police should fill out a statement in which the person who called the authorities will appear as the victim.

After drawing up the protocol and other statements, the materials of the case about the administrative offense will be transferred to the magistrate, whose authority will be to impose a fine.

It should also be taken into account that the imposition of an administrative fine is not always the final step.

If, as a result of constant neighbor brawls, you have insomnia or increased blood pressure, headaches, or worsened chronic diseases, you have the right to go to court for compensation for damage caused to your health.

Since the court will ask you to submit documents to confirm your health deterioration, you should immediately contact a doctor who will conduct an examination.

Depending on how quickly a doctor is consulted, a cause-and-effect relationship will be established between the rowdy behavior committed and the deterioration of health.

In addition, violation of peace and quiet may cause you material harm.

It will be expressed in the form of expenses incurred for the purchase of drugs for treatment purposes.

The need to purchase drugs will be indicated by a doctor’s report, and the fact of their purchase will be confirmed by receipts.

Claims for compensation for harm, in accordance with the provisions of the domestic Code of Administrative Offences, are considered in court.

However, if you did not have time to present the relevant demands within the framework of administrative proceedings, the corresponding statement of claim can also be filed in civil proceedings.

Then the list of evidence will also need to include resolutions by which “rowdy people” are brought to administrative responsibility.