"As much as we thought there might be issues with noise, we did not receive a lot of complaints."Ĭity governments also have reviewed their codes in response to the consumer trend. "Having a combustion engine motor in your residential neighborhood: It makes for strange bedfellows," said Rebecca Caldwell, county building director.
The county this month considers new noise, screening and setback rules for these permanent units. County officials eventually allowed Maresca's setup, but the case forced them to re-examine codes covering generators. Maresca was featured in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel last year after Palm Beach County building officials initially said it would be unsafe for his generator to power the entire house. "I never thought we'd get hit as soon as we did, but it's paid for itself already," said Maresca of his $13,500 generator. Like a growing number of homeowners across the region, Maresca invested in a standby generator, which looks like a larger air-conditioning unit, to power his home during post-hurricane outages. Hurricane Wilma's ferocious toppling of power lines near Maresca's home west of Boynton Beach wasn't a bother for the family of three. Meanwhile, in shuttered homes across South Florida, flashlights clicked and candlewicks began burning.
Fifteen seconds after the power went out, Paul Maresca's mammoth generator whirred into action.
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