As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A-WEIGHTED SOUND LEVEL
The sound pressure level in decibels as measured on a sound
level meter using the A-weighting network. The level so read is designated
dB(A) or dBA.
COMMERCIAL AREA
Any area designated for commercial uses under the Town of
Oyster Bay Building Zone Ordinance.
CONSTRUCTION
Any site preparation, assembly, erection, substantial repair,
alteration or similar action, but excluding demolition.
DECIBEL (dB)
A unit for measuring the volume of a sound, equal to 20 times
the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of the pressure of the sound
measured to the reference pressure, which is 20 micropascals (20 micronewtons
per square meter).
DEMOLITION
Any dismantling, intentional destruction or removal of structures,
utilities, public or private right-of-way surfaces or similar property.
EMERGENCY
Any occurrence or set of circumstances involving actual or
imminent physical trauma or property damage which demands immediate
action.
EMERGENCY WORK
Any work performed for the purpose of preventing or alleviating
the physical trauma or property damage threatened or caused by an
emergency.
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 AREA
An area designated for any industrial use under the Town
of Oyster Bay Building Zone Ordinance.
MOTORBOAT
Any vessel which operates on water and which is propelled
by a motor, including but not limited to boats, barges, amphibious
craft, water ski towing devices and hover craft.
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 and minibikes.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any vehicle which is propelled or drawn on land by a motor,
such as but not limited to passenger cars, trucks, truck-trailers,
semitrailers, campers, goKarts, snowmobiles, amphibious craft on land,
dune buggies or racing vehicles, but not including motorcycles.
NOISE
Any sound which annoys or disturbs humans or which causes
or tends to cause an adverse psychological or physiological effect
on humans.
NOISE DISRUPTION
The creation of any sound which interferes with the reasonable
and normal activities of reasonable persons of normal sensitivities
lawfully occupying an area adjacent to the source of said sound.
NOISE DISTURBANCE
Any sound which endangers or injures the safety or health
of humans or animals or annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of
normal sensitivities or endangers or injures personal or real property.
Time of day, volume and duration are factors considered when determining
said sound to be a "noise disturbance."
NOISE-SENSITIVE ZONE
Any area designated pursuant to this chapter for the purpose
of ensuring exceptional quiet.
PERSON
Any individual, association, partnership or corporation,
and includes any officer, employee, department, agency or instrumentality
of a state or any political subdivision of a state.
POWERED MODEL VEHICLE
Any self-propelled airborne, waterborne or landborne plane,
vessel or vehicle, which is not designed to carry persons, including
but not limited to any model airplane, boat, car or rocket.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
Any street, avenue, boulevard, highway, sidewalk or alley
or similar place which is owned or controlled by a governmental entity.
PUBLIC SPACE
Any real property or structures thereon which are owned or
controlled by a governmental entity.
REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY
A line along the ground surface, and its vertical extension,
which separates the real property owned by one person from that owned
by another person, but not including intrabuilding real property divisions.
RESIDENTIAL AREA
An area designated for any residential use under the Town
of Oyster Bay Building Zone Ordinance.
SOUND
An oscillation in pressure, particle displacement, particle
velocity or other physical parameter, in a medium with internal forces
that cause compression and rarefaction of that medium. The description
of sound may include any characteristic of such sound, including duration,
intensity and frequency.
TIME
All "time" references are made to prevailing time.
VIBRATION
An oscillatory motion of solid bodies of deterministic or
random nature described by displacement, velocity or acceleration
with respect to a given reference point.
WEEKDAY
Any day, Monday through Friday, which is not a legal holiday.