The following words and terms, when used in
this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
AMBIENT SOUND LEVEL
The total sound pressure level in the area of interest, including
the noise source of interest.
A-WEIGHTING
The electronic filtering in sound level meters that models
human hearing frequency sensitivity.
BACKGROUND SOUND LEVEL
The total sound pressure level in the area of interest, excluding
the noise source of interest.
COMMERCIAL AREA
A group of commercial facilities and the abutting public
right-of-way and public spaces.
COMMERCIAL FACILITY
Any premises, property or facility involving traffic in goods
or furnishing of services for sale or profit, including but not limited
to:
A.
Banking and other financial institutions.
C.
Establishments for providing retail or wholesale
services.
D.
Establishments for recreation and entertainment.
CONSTRUCTION
Any site preparation, assembly, erection, repair, alteration
or similar action or demolition of buildings or structures.
C-WEIGHTING
The electronic filtering in sound level meters that models
a flat response (output equals input) over the range of maximum human
hearing frequency sensitivity.
dBA
The A-weighted unit of sound pressure level.
dBC
The C-weighted unit of sound pressure level.
DECIBEL (dB)
The unit of measurement for sound pressure level at a specified
location.
EMERGENCY WORK
Any work or action necessary to deliver essential services,
including but not limited to repairing water, gas, electric, telephone
or sewer facilities or public transportation facilities, removing
fallen trees on public rights-of-way or abating life-threatening conditions.
IMPULSIVE SOUND
A sound having a duration of less than one s with an abrupt
onset and rapid decay.
INDUSTRIAL FACILITY
Any activity and its related premises, property, facilities
or equipment involving the fabrication, manufacture or production
of durable or nondurable goods.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any vehicle that is propelled or drawn on land by an engine
or motor.
MUFFLER
A sound-dissipative device or system for attenuating the
sound of escaping gases of an internal combustion engine.
NOISE
Any sound of such level and duration as to be or tend to
be injurious to human health or welfare or which would unreasonably
interfere with the enjoyment of life or property throughout the municipality
or in any portions thereof, but excludes all aspects of the employer-employee
relationship concerning health and safety hazards within the confines
of a place of employment.
NOISE CONTROL ADMINISTRATOR (NCA)
The Noise Control Officer designated as the official liaison
with all municipal departments, empowered to grant permits for variances.
NOISE CONTROL OFFICER (NCO)
An officially designated employee of the municipality trained
in the measurement of sound and empowered to issue a citation for
violations of this chapter.
NOISE DISTURBANCE
Any sound that endangers the safety or health of any person,
disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities or endangers
personal or real property.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, association, society,
firm partnership, joint-stock company, the municipality or any political
subdivision, agency or instrumentality of the municipality.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, sidewalk or
alley that is leased, owned or controlled by a governmental entity.
PUBLIC SPACE
Any real property or structures thereon that is owned, leased
or controlled by a governmental entity.
PURE TONE
Any sound that can be judged as a single pitch or set of
single pitches by the NCO.
REAL PROPERTY LINE
Either the imaginary line, including its vertical extension,
that separates one parcel of real property from another, or the vertical
and horizontal boundaries of a dwelling unit that is one in a multidwelling
unit building.
RESIDENTIAL AREA
A group of residential properties and the abutting public
rights-of-way and public spaces.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Property used for human habitation, including but not limited
to:
A.
Private property used for human habitation.
B.
Commercial living accommodations and commercial
property used for human habitation.
C.
Recreational and entertainment property used
for human habitation.
D.
Community service property used for human habitation.
SOUND LEVEL
The instantaneous sound pressure level measured in decibels
with a sound level meter set for A-weighting on slow integration speed,
unless otherwise noted.
SOUND LEVEL METER (SLM)
An instrument used to measure sound pressure levels conforming
to Type 1 or Type 2 standards as specified in ANSI Standard S1.4-1983
or the latest version thereof.
SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL (SPL)
Twenty multiplied by the logarithm, to the base 10, of the
measured sound pressure divided by the sound pressure associated with
the threshold of human hearing, in units of decibels.
WEEKDAY
Any day, Monday through Friday, that is not a legal holiday.