[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.