This chapter shall be entitled and may be cited as the "Noise
Control Ordinance of the Borough of Westville."
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply:
COMMERCIAL AREA
A group of commercial properties and the abutting public
rights-of-way and public spaces.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
Any facility or property used for activities involving the
furnishing or handling of goods or services, including but not limited
to:
B.
Off-road vehicle operations, such as repair, maintenance and
terminaling.
E.
Banking and office activities.
F.
Recreation and entertainment.
G.
Other commercial activities.
CONSTRUCTION
Any site preparation, assembly, erection, repair, alteration
or similar action, but excluding demolition of buildings or structures.
dBA
The abbreviation designating both the unit of measured sound
level (the decibel) and the mode of measurement that uses the A-weighting
of a sound-level meter.
DECIBEL (dB)
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).
It is abbreviated "dB."
DEMOLITION
Any dismantling, intentional destruction or removal of buildings
or structures.
EMERGENCY WORK
Any work or action necessary to deliver essential services,
including but not limited to repairing water, gas, electricity, telephone,
sewer facilities and public transportation facilities, removing fallen
trees on public rights-of-way or abating life-threatening situations.
GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING (GVWR)
The value specified by the manufacturer as the recommended
maximum loaded weight of a single motor vehicle. In cases where trailers
and tractors are separable, the gross combination weight rating (GCWR),
which is the value specified by the manufacturer as the recommended
maximum loaded weight of the combination vehicle, shall be used.
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
Any facility or property used for activities involving the
production, fabrication, packaging, storage, warehousing, shipping
or distributing of goods.
MOTORCYCLE
An unenclosed motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of
the operator and two or three wheels in contact with the ground, including
but not limited to motor scooters, mopeds and minibikes.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any vehicle that is propelled or drawn on land by an engine
or motor.
MUFFLER
A sound-dissipative device or system for abating sound of
escaping gases of an internal-combustion engine.
NOISE
Any sounds 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.
NOISE CONTROL OFFICER
An officially designated member or members of the Borough
of Westville Police Department (Police Department), trained in the
measurement of sound and empowered to issue summonses for violations
of this chapter.
NOISE DISTURBANCE
Any sound that endangers the safety or health of any person
or 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 state or any political
subdivision, agency or instrumentality of the state.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, sidewalk or
alley or similar place that is owned or controlled by a governmental
entity.
PUBLIC SPACE
Any real property or structures thereon that are owned or
controlled by a governmental entity.
REAL PROPERTY LINE
Either the imaginary line, including its planar 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.
SOUND LEVEL
The sound-pressure level measured in decibels with a sound-level
meter set for A-weighting; sound level is expressed in dBA.
SOUND-LEVEL METER
An instrument for the measurement of sound levels as specified
in N.J.A.C. 7:29-2.1 et seq., which provisions are incorporated herein
by reference.
WEEKDAY
Any day, Monday through Friday, which is not a legal holiday.