As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise clearly indicates,
the words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the following
meanings:
AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS
Any device that is designed to be used or is actually used
to cool, move or condition air, including but not limited to air conditioners,
cooling towers, fans arid blowers.
ANSI
The American National Standards Institute or its generally
recognized functional successor.
DEVICE
Any machine, mechanism or equipment that is intended to produce,
or which actually produces, sound or vibrations when operated or handled.
EMERGENCY
Any occurrence or set of circumstances involving actual or
imminent physical trauma or property damage threatened or caused by
an emergency or the work or activity that is necessary to prevent
or recover from an emergency, including but not limited to work to
repair electric, gas, water, sewage and/or telephone services.
GENERATING LAND
Any public or private land whereon the source of generation
and emission of a sound or sounds is permanently situated or temporarily
located.
HOLIDAYS
New Year's Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence
Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
IMPULSIVE SOUND
A sound of short duration, usually less than one second,
and of high intensity, with an abrupt onset and rapid decay. Examples
include an explosion or discharge of a firearm.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any vehicle, such as, but not limited to, a passenger vehicle,
truck, truck-trailer, trailer or semi-trailer, propelled or drawn
by mechanical power, and shall include motorcycles, snowmobiles, minibikes,
go-carts, mopeds or any other vehicle which is self-propelled.
MUFFLER
A device for abating the sound of escaping gases of an internal
combustion engine or other sound source.
NOISE
Any sound or combination of sounds of such level, intensity
and duration or the time and place of its emission and perception,
that is deemed to be so unpleasant, objectionable and disturbing as
to unduly disrupt or unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of
life or property, exceeding the limits as set forth in this chapter.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation,
including any officer, employee, department, agency or instrumentality
of the state or any political subdivision of the state.
REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY
The imaginary line, including its vertical extension, that
separates one parcel of real property from another.
RECEIVING PROPERTY
Any public or private lands, including the buildings, structures,
facilities and open spaces situated thereon, whereon the sound or
sounds emitted from any generating land can be heard and detected
by any person and where, when implicitly or expressly required by
any provision of this chapter, the level of such sound(s) shall be
measured to determine whether it (they) comply with or exceed any
limits or restriction imposed by this chapter.
SOUND
An oscillation in pressure, stress, particle displacement
or other physical parameter in a medium with internal forces (American
National Standards institute terminology).
SOUND REPRODUCTION DEVICE
Any device that is designed to be used or is actually used
for the production or reproduction of sound, including, but not limited
to, any musical instrument, radio, television, tape recorder, phonograph,
loudspeaker, public-address system or any other sound-amplifying device.
UNNECESSARY
That which is not required by the usual circumstances.
UNREASONABLY INTRUSIVE
Any sound that either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers
the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of a reasonable person
of normal sensitivities under the circumstances.