The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
AIRPORT
An area of land that is lawfully used for or incidental to
the landing, take off and parking of aircraft, including buildings
and facilities.
COMMERCIAL
A use of property for purposes other than residential.
CONSTRUCTION
Any site preparation, assembly, erection, substantial repair,
alteration or similar action, for or of public or private rights-of-way,
structures, utilities or similar property.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE, MACHINERY OR ALARM
Any machinery, vehicle or alarm used, employed, performed
or operated in an effort to protect or restore safe conditions in
the community or for the citizenry or work by private or public utilities
when restoring utility service.
EMERGENCY WORK
Any work performed for the purpose of preventing or alleviating
the physical trauma or property damage threatened or caused by an
emergency or work by private or public utilities when restoring utility
services.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, association, partnership, joint venture,
corporation, limited liability company or other entity.
PROPERTY LINE
The imaginary line which represents the legal limits of property,
including an apartment, condominium, room or other dwelling unit,
owned, leased, or otherwise occupied by a person, business, corporation
or institution. In cases involving sound from an activity on a public
street or other public right-of-way, the property line shall be the
nearest boundary of the public right-of-way.
SOLID WASTE
Any garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator
residue, street cleanings, municipal and industrial sludges, solid
commercial and solid industrial waste, and animal waste; provided,
however, that this definitions shall not include hazardous waste,
site-separated materials, source-separated materials, human body waste,
liquid or other waste regulated by statute, ferrous and nonferrous
scrap directed to a scrap metal processor or to a reuser of ferrous
or nonferrous products, and slag or slag products directed to a slag
processor or to a reuser of slag or slag products.
[Amended by Ord. No. 4-2005]
SOURCE-SEPARATED MATERIALS
Any recyclable materials, including but not limited to bottles,
cans, newspapers, corrugated containers, metals, grass, leaves, brush
and yard trimmings that are separated from solid waste prior to the
collection of solid waste from a site of generation.
[Amended by Ord. No. 4-2005]
The following activities and noises are exempted from the requirements of §
264-2:
A. Otherwise lawful regular or permitted activities or operations of
governmental units or agencies.
B. Emergency work necessary to restore property to a safe condition
following a fire, accident or natural disaster or to restore public
utilities, or to protect persons or property from an imminent danger.
C. Devices or activity creating sound made to alert persons to the existence
of an emergency, danger or attempted crime.
D. Regular activities or operations of an airport.
E. Any vehicle or equipment designed and used for the purpose of snow
and/or ice removal when in use for such purposes.
[Amended by Ord. No. 4-2005]
F. Other activities as approved by the Township as specified in §
264-4.