Noise nuisance is one of the most difficult problems in the public space. The enforcement of such nuisances is very partial, if at all...
In May 2012, Gadi Wichman was murdered when he went down to a public garden in Be'er Sheva to ask for silence from a group of young people who were making noise under his house.
In Haifa as well, residents all over the city suffer from the noise made by young people in the public parks. It is hard to be surprised at the lack of enforcement, when the municipality of Haifa itself sometimes stands by the harassers and contrary to the law, as you will see in the links further down the page. According to the police (in a conversation we had with the late Ahuva Tomer), every evening in the summer, at 23:01 p.m., Moked 100 receives about 100 calls and more from residents suffering from noise throughout the city. The vehicles that arrive at the scene play hide and seek with the young men who disappear and immediately return. In some cases, they don't know the law and we suffer and ask "how long?"
And what does the law say? - What is a noise offense, quote from the police website (for the information of the police and Israeli citizens who suffer):
According to Section 2 of the Law on the Prevention of Hazards 1961 - XNUMX "A person shall not cause a loud or unreasonable noise from any place, if it disturbs or may disturb a person nearby or passers-by".
Loud noise - noise that disturbs a person subjectively. The noise should be such that an inspector or policeman gets the impression that it may disturb the complainant and that it is not a matter of revenge between neighbors or a spiteful complaint. In this regard, it should be noted that the only tool the policeman has are his ears. If a police officer arrives at the scene of the accident and decides, at his discretion, that the noise is indeed loud and bothers the complainant, he has the option of fining the suspect.
- 23 / 02 / 2013 - Noise and disturbance of rest from the Saloniki Club, 14 Yona Street
- 21 / 06 / 2012 - Noise nuisance in Neve David from the Ramat Hanasi construction site
- 18 / 07 / 2010 - Injunction against holding parties at Tilatan College contrary to the municipality's opposition. The Haifa municipality sent Uri Blum to stand by the harassers - news focusing on the issue of the downtown residents' struggle against the Tilatan complex
- 06 / 06 / 2012 - Noise nuisance at Tilatan College and the relationship between capital, governance and good deeds. Article by Yaron Karmi
- 31 / 05 / 2010 - Noise nuisances that are not treated seriously harm the Haifa community. Treatment methods - an article by Yaron Karmi
- 31 / 05 / 2010 - A noisy party at Stefan Weiss disturbs the French Carmel - 31.05.2010 - original video report by Chai Pa
Tags: noise nuisance, noise nuisances, Haifa Municipality, Yona Yahav, rule of law, ruling, Thilatan College, Stefan Weiss, Carmel Zarfati, Erez Issacharov
As you mentioned, the municipality of Haifa is not interested in seriously dealing with noise hazards.
Its police patrol handles on a point-by-point basis (according to complaints and up to 2 am)
and for a short time.
I live next to the 44th garden in Ziv, and every weekend, holiday or any day off turns into a nightmare
And we are constantly on the phones with 106.
The municipality does nothing except for reactions of showing empathy for our suffering.
We asked to fence off the facilities area in the evening or at least conduct proactive tours,
But according to them, the noise is similar to the other gardens, so it is tolerable, so to speak.
To remind you, the kindergarten is in the center of Ziv, and every child who has nothing to do at that moment passes by and starts to run amok and show his strength in the amusement facilities designed for the little ones.
It is important for the municipality to demonstrate the aesthetics of the place, but the suffering residents are negligible in its opinion, and it is not ready to deal with it.
Oni writes this after conversations and no end of emails since the cursed garden was established
This one for me. Apparently there is a "line alignment" here in terms of noise handling