[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Weymouth 5-1-2002 by Ord. No. 394-2002. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any
person to create or permit to exist any sounds at such a level and
duration as to be or tend to be injurious to human health or welfare
or that would reasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life and
property. It shall also be a violation of this chapter if any person
makes unnecessary noise so as to annoy or disturb the quiet comfort
or repose of persons in the vicinity of persons who are lawfully upon
an adjoining property to the property where the noise is emanating
from.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any facility or property used for activities involving the
furnishing or handling of goods or services, including but not limited
to:
Any site preparation, assembly, erection, repair, alteration
or similar action, but excluding demolition of buildings or structures.
The abbreviation designating both the unit of measured sound
level (the decibel) and the mode or measurement that uses the A-weighting
of a sound level meter.
The practical unit of measurement for sound-pressure level;
the number of decibels of a measured sound is equal to 20 times the
logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of the sound pressure of the
measured sound to the sound pressure of a standard sound (20 micropascals)
abbreviated "dB."
Any dismantling, intentional destruction or removal of buildings
or structures.
Any facility or property used for activities involving the
production or fabrication of goods, including but not limited to:
Any sounds of such level and duration as to be or tend to
be injurious to human health or welfare or that would unreasonably
interfere with the enjoyment of life or property.
Any corporation, company, association, society, firm, partnership
and joint-stock company, as well as individuals, and shall also include
the state and all its political subdivisions and any agencies or instrumentalities
thereof.
Any real property or structures thereon that are owned or
controlled by a governmental entity.
The imaginary line, including its planar extension, that
separates one parcel of real property from another.
Any property used for human habitation.
The sound-pressure level measured in decibels with a sound-level
meter set for A-weighting; sound level is expressed in dBA.
An instrument for the measurement of sound levels as specified
in N.J.A.C. 7:29B.
The level of a sound measured in decibel units with a sound-level
meter which has a uniform response over the band of frequencies measured.
Any day, Monday through Friday, which is not a legal holiday.
No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the operation
of any source of sound on a particular category of property in such
a manner as to create a sound level that exceeds the particular sound
level limits set forth below when measured at the real property line
of the receiving property.
