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	1.	Introduction
	2.	Planning foundations
	3.	Traffic noise
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	5.	Noise from sports and leisure facilities
	5.1	Legal foundations
	5.2	Calculation and assessment foundations
	5.2.1	18th Federal Immission Control Ordinance: Ordinance on the Prevention of Noise from Sports Facilities
	5.2.2	Indications on the clearance between sports facilities and residential developments
	5.2.3	Guideline for Leisure Noise
	5.2.4	VDI guideline 3770: Characteristic noise emission values of sound sources – Sports and leisure facilities
	5.2.5	Noises from popular sport facilities and indications on the clearances to residential development
	6.	Noise abatement plans / Noise action plans
	7.	Planning indications
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NOISE FROM SPORTS AND LEISURE FACILITIES

5.2.5 Noises from popular sport facilities and indications on the clearances to residential development

The study on popular sport facilities, published by the Bavarian State Agency for Environmental Protection (Bayerisches Landesamt für Umweltschutz), is divided in two parts: Part 1 deals with skate parks (October 2005) and Part 2 with beach volleyball, soccer grounds, inline hockey and streetball (June 2006). The study gives a detailed report on these facilities, including emission data as well as indications for an acoustic assessment and measures for noise abatement.

Particularly helpful indications for planning are the reference values for clearances depending on the type of use of the territory. The reference values do not replace a detailed analysis; but they serve as a valuable evaluation instrument, especially at an early planning stage.

Type of sport	Hours of use	Clearance to development requiring protection (in m)
Type of sport	Hours of use	WR (purely residential area)	WA (general residential area)	MI (mixed area)
Skate parks*	all day	360-210	210-130	130-80
Skate parks*	at daytime outside rest periods	210-130	130-80	80-60
Beach volleyball	all day	75	50	35
	at daytime outside rest periods	50	35	20
	at daytime for 6 hours outside rest periods	45	25	15
Beach volleyball with referee	all day	105	70	45
	at daytime outside rest periods	70	45	30
	at daytime for 6 hours outside rest periods	60	40	25
Soccer grounds	all day	155	100	65
	at daytime outside rest periods	100	65	45
	at daytime for 6 hours outside rest periods	80	55	40
Inline hockey	all day	290	175	105
	at daytime outside rest periods	175	105	70
	at daytime for 6 hours outside rest periods	145	90	60
Streetball	all day	75	50	35
	at daytime outside rest periods	50	35	20
	at daytime for 6 hours outside rest periods	45	25	15

* In the case of skate parks, what counts is the equipment of the park, i.e. the composition and position of the single skating facilities.

Table 5/3: Reference values for the clearances from popular sport facilities (in m)

The table reveals that some of the facilities are not suited for the proximity to residential development. Even if the use is temporarily restricted, big clearances are still required. Use restrictions are difficult to realize when the facility is unattended.