[Adopted 10-22-1987 (Ch. 131, Art. I, of the 1982 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL AREA
A group of commercial facilities and the abutting public
rights-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 services.
D.
Establishments for providing wholesale services.
E.
Establishments for recreation and entertainment.
CONSTRUCTION
Any site preparation, assembly, erection, repair, alteration
or similar action, but excluding demolition of buildings or structures.
DECIBEL
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.
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 or public transportation facilities, removing fallen
trees on public rights-of-way or abating life-threatening conditions.
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 abating the 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 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.
NOISE CONTROL ADMINISTRATOR
The Noise Control Officer designated as the official liaison
with all municipal departments, empowered to grant permits for variances.
NOISE CONTROL OFFICER
An officially designated employee of the municipality, of
a group of municipalities or of the county trained in the measurement
of sound and empowered to issue a summons for violations of this article.
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 that is leased, owned or controlled by a governmental entity.
PUBLIC SPACE
Any real property or structures thereon that are owned, leased
or controlled by a governmental entity.
RADIOS, PHONOGRAPHS, TAPE PLAYERS, COMPACT DISC PLAYERS, TELEVISIONS
AND THE LIKE
The using, operating or permitting to be played of any radio,
phonograph, tape player, compact disc player, television or other
machine or device which produces or reproduces sound in such manner
as to disturb the peace, quiet or comfort of the neighboring inhabitants
or at any time with louder volume than it is necessary for convenience
in hearing for the person or persons who are in the room, vehicle,
chamber or yard in which such a machine or device is operated and
who are voluntarily listeners thereto.
[Added 10-3-1994]
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 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 used to measure sound level and conforms to
Type 1 or Type 2 standards as specified by ANSI specification S1.4-1971.
WEEKDAY
Any day, Monday through Friday, that is not a legal holiday.
[Adopted 10-22-1987 (Ch. 131, Art. II, of the 1982 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
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);
abbreviated dB.
EMERGENCY WORK
Any work or action necessary to restore essential services,
including but not limited to repairing water, gas, electricity, telephone,
sewer facilities and public transportation, removing fallen trees
on public rights-of-way and abating life-threatening conditions.
GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING (GVWR)
The values 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.
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, 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.
MUFFLER
A sound dissipative device or system for abating the sound
of escaping gases of an internal combustion engine.
NOISE
Any airborne 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 employee of the Police Department
trained in the measurement of sound and empowered to issue citations
and violations of this article.
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, 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.
RADIOS, PHONOGRAPHS, TAPE PLAYERS, COMPACT DISC PLAYERS, TELEVISIONS
AND THE LIKE
The using, operating or permitting to be played of any radio,
phonograph, tape player, compact disc player, television or other
machine or device which produces or reproduces sound in such manner
as to disturb the peace, quiet or comfort of the neighboring inhabitants
or at any time with louder volume than it is necessary for convenience
in hearing for the person or persons who are in the room, vehicle,
chamber or yard in which such a machine or device is operated and
who are voluntarily listeners thereto.
[Added 10-3-1994]
REAL PROPERTY LINE
The imaginary line including its vertical extension that
separates one parcel of real property from another.
RESIDENTIAL AREA
A group of residential properties and the abutting public
right-of-way and public spaces.
SOUND LEVEL
The sound pressure level measured in decibels with a sound
level meter.
SOUND LEVEL METER
An instrument for the measurement of sound levels as specified
in N.J.A.C. 7:29B, which provisions are incorporated herein by reference.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to the emissions of sound for the purpose of alerting persons to the existence of an emergency, except as specified in §
370-14C.