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Editor's Note: This Part was originally contained in the Zoning Ordinance, but was transferred to this chapter at the request of Borough officials.
[Ord. 1973-1, 2/5/1973, § 610]
1. 
The sound level of any operation (other than the operation of motor vehicles or other transportation facilities, operations involved in the construction or demolition of structures, emergency alarm signals or time signals) shall not exceed the decibel levels in the designated octave bands stated below. The sound-pressure level shall be measured with a sound level meter and an octave band analyzer that conforms to the specifications published by the American Standards Association. (American Standard Sound Level Meters for Measurement of Noise and Other Sounds, Z 24.3 - 1944, American Standards Association, Inc., New York, New York; and the American Standard Specification for an Octave-Band Filter Set for the Analysis of Noise and Other Sounds, Z 24.10 - 1953, American Standards Association, Inc., New York, New York, shall be used.)
2. 
Sound-pressure levels shall be measured at the property line upon which the emission occurs. The maximum permissible sound-pressure levels for smooth and continuous noise shall be as follows: (All of the decibel levels stated below shall apply in each case.)
Frequency Band
(cycles per second)
Maximum Permitted Sound-Pressure Level
(decibels)
0 to 150
67
150 to 300
59
300 to 600
52
600 to 1,200
46
1,200 to 2,400
40
2,400 to 4,800
34
Above 4,800
32
3. 
If the noise is not smooth and continuous or is radiated during sleeping hours, one or more of the corrections below shall be added to or subtracted from each of the decibel levels given herein.
Type of Operation or Character of Noise
Corrections in Decibels
Noise occurs between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
-3
Noise occurs less than 5% of any one-hour period.
+5
Noise is of periodic character (hum, scream, etc.) or impulsive character (hammering, etc.). (In the case of impulsive noise, the correction shall apply only to the average pressure during an impulse; and impulse peaks shall not exceed the basic standards given above.)
-5
[Ord. 1973-1, 2/5/1973, § 610]
1. 
No smoke shall be emitted from any chimney or other source of visible gray opacity greater than No. 1 on the Ringlemann Smoke Chart published by the United States Bureau of Mines, except that smoke of a shade not darker than No. 2 on the Ringlemann Chart may be emitted for not more than four minutes in any thirty-minute period.
2. 
The emission of dust, dirt, fly ash, fumes, vapors or gases which can cause any damage to human health, animals, vegetation or property or which can cause any soiling or staining of persons or property at any point beyond the lot line of the use creating the emission is herewith prohibited.
3. 
No emission of liquid or solid particles from any chimney or other source shall exceed 0.3 grain per cubic foot of the covering gas at any point beyond the lot line of the use creating the emission. For measurement of the amount of particles in gases resulting from combustion, standard correction shall be applied to a stack temperature of 500° F. and fifty-percent excess air in stack at full load.
[Ord. 1973-1, 2/5/1973, § 610]
No use shall emit odorous gases or other odorous matter in such quantities as to be offensive at any point on or beyond its lot lines. The guide for determining such quantities of offensive odors shall be the most restrictive provisions of Table III (odor thresholds) in Chapter 5, "Air Pollution Abatement Manual," copyright 1951 by Manufacturing Chemists Association, Inc., Washington, D.C.
[Ord. 1973-1, 2/5/1973, § 610]
No use shall produce heat perceptible beyond its lot lines.
[Ord. 1973-1, 2/5/1973, § 610]
No use shall produce a strong dazzling light or a reflection of a strong dazzling light beyond its lot lines.
[Ord. 1973-1, 2/5/1973, § 610]
No use shall cause earth vibrations or concussions detectable beyond its lot lines, without the aid of instruments, with the exception of vibration produced as a result of construction activity.