Home  >  For residents  >  Home & garden  >  Neighbourhood complaints  >  Residential noise Residential noise Who should I contact regarding noise complaints? Noise Source Authority Telephone Amplified sound (radios, alarms, instruments), parties, rowdy premises, vehicles on and off the road Police - Logan Central 3826 1888 Hotels and nightclubs Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry    Aircraft Air Services Australia 1300 302 240 Motor vehicle workshops, concrete batching, cabinet makers, sheet metal fabricators, service stations, poultry farms Logan City Council 3412 5318 Pool filters, power tools (residential areas only) Logan City Council 3412 5318 Barking dogs Logan City Council 3412 5318 Home Occupations (frequent repairs of vehicles, building of furniture, etc.) Logan City Council 3412 5318 Truck parking in residential areas Logan City Council 3412 5318 Residential constructions sites 1 house - Logan City Council Subdivision - Logan City Council 3412 5318 3412 5269 Large building sites, commercial premises, industrial premises   Logan City Council  3412 5318 For further information on noise nuisance, please contact Council on 3412 5318. Noise nuisance in a residential area Carrying out some building work for the home? Operating at home any noise-generating equipment? Make sure you do not cause a noise nuisance! A residential noise can be a noise nuisance! As provided in Logan City Council's Local Law No. 10 (Public Health) Part 2 (Nuisances), a person who causes a nuisance commits an offence and a nuisance is deemed to exist if, among other things, the noise emitted from his/her premises is a noise nuisance. As specified in Local Law Policy No. 10.1 (Public Health) Part 4 (Noise Nuisance), a residential noise is a noise nuisance if it can be heard in a habitable room of an affected noise sensitive place after 7 pm and before 8 am (on a Sunday or public holiday) or 7 am (on any other day). Some useful definitions: A residential noise means noise from: carrying out building works for residential premises (other than premises containing more than two dwelling units) or the operation of an air-cooling/heating device, domestic cleaning equipment, a power tool, a domestic pool pump or a plant-cutting device. A habitable room means a room where people may converse, study, work, relax or sleep. A noise sensitive place means a dwelling; a library, childcare centre, kindergarten, school, college, university or other education institution; a hospital, surgery or other medical institution; a protected area, or an area identified under a conservation plan as a critical habitat or an area of major interest, under the Nature Conservation Act 1992; a marine park under the Marine Park Act 1982; a park or garden that is open to the public for use other than for sport or organised entertainment. How can you help? Don't work too early (before 8 am) or too late (after 7 pm) if the activity is generating noise. Cut noise down while you work at home and help keep a healthy living environment for our community. Penalty: Any person who causes a noise nuisance may receive an infringement notice from Council with an on-the-spot fine of $500. Alternatively, Council may issue the person with a compliance notice or a stop order. Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of a compliance notice or stop order is liable to a maximum penalty of $5,000 or $20,000 respectively.