As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A group of commercial facilities and the abutting public
rights-of-way and public spaces.
Any premises, property or facility involving traffic in goods
or furnishing of services for sale or profit, including but not limited
to:
Any site preparation, assembly, erection, repair, alteration
or similar action, but excluding demolition of buildings or structures.
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 work or action necessary to deliver essential services,
including but not limited to repairing water, gas, electricity, telephone
or sewer facilities or public transportation facilities, removing
fallen trees on public rights-of-way or abating life-threatening conditions.
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.
Any activity and its related premises, property, facilities
or equipment involving the fabrication, manufacture or production
of durable or nondurable goods.
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.
Any vehicle that is propelled or drawn on land by an engine
or motor, such as but not limited to passenger cars, trucks, truck
trailers, semitrailers, campers, go-carts, snowmobiles, amphibious
craft on land, dune buggies or racing vehicles, but not including
motorcycles.
Any vehicle for which regulations apply pursuant to Section
18 of the Federal Noise Control Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-574), as amended,
pertaining to motor carriers engaged in interstate commerce.
A sound-dissipative device or system for abating the sound
of escaping gases of an internal-combustion engine.
Any building wherein there are two or more dwelling units.
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 throughout the state
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.
The Chief of Police and/or Police Director
of the Borough of Edgewater.
[Amended 3-20-2017 by Ord. No. 1541-2017]
Any officer or member of the Police Department of the Borough
of Edgewater or the duly designated Noise Control Officer of the Borough.
[Amended 9-8-1987 by Ord. No. 878-87]
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.
Any individual, corporation, company, association, society,
firm, partnership, joint-stock company, the state or any political
subdivision, agency or instrumentality of the state.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, sidewalk or
alley that is leased, owned or controlled by a governmental entity.
Any real property or structures thereon that are owned, leased
or controlled by a governmental entity.
Either the imaginary line, including its vertical extension,
the separates one parcel of real property from another or the vertical
and horizontal boundaries of a dwelling unit that is one in a multi-dwelling-unit
building.
Any motor vehicle used off public roads for recreational
purposes.
A group of residential properties and the abutting public
right-of-way and public spaces.
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 used to measure sound levels, which conforms
to Type 1 or Type 2 standards as specified by ANSI Specification SI.4-1971.
Any day, Monday through Friday, that is not a legal holiday.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Noise
Control Officers.
The Noise Control Administrator shall have the power to:
A.
Coordinate the noise control activities of all municipal departments
and cooperate with all other public bodies and agencies to the extent
practicable.
B.
Review the actions of other municipal departments and advise such
departments of the effect, if any, of such actions on noise control.
C.
Review public and private projects, subject to mandatory review or
approval by other department or boards, for compliance with this chapter.
A person shall be qualified to be a Noise Control Officer if
the person has satisfactorily completed any of the following:
Noise measurements made by noise central officers shall be taken according to procedures specified by N.J.A.C. 7:29B, except as provided in § 271-8 of this chapter.
