[Ord. #03-27, § I]
The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise. Terms not defined in this section have the same meaning
as those defined in N.J.A.C. 7:29.
CONSTRUCTION
Shall mean any site preparation, assembly, erection, repair,
alteration or similar action, including demolition of buildings or
structures.
DEMOLITION
Shall mean any dismantling, destruction or removal of buildings,
structures or roadways.
DEPARTMENT
Shall mean the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
EMERGENCY WORK
Shall mean any work or actions necessary to deliver essential
public services including, but not limited to, preparing water, gas,
electric, telephone, sewer facilities, or public transportation facilities,
removing fallen trees on public rights-of-way, dredging navigational
waterways, or abating life-threatening conditions.
IMPULSIVE SOUNDS
Shall mean either a single pressure peak or a single burst
(multiple pressure peaks) that has a duration of less than one (1)
second.
MUFFLER
Shall mean a properly functioning sound dissipative device
or system for abating the sound of escaping gasses on equipment.
MULTI-DWELLING UNIT BUILDING
Shall mean any building comprising two (2) or more dwelling
units, including, but not limited to, apartments, condominiums, co-ops,
multiple family houses, townhouses, and attached residences.
MULTI-USE PROPERTY
Shall mean any distinct parcel of land that is used for more
than one (1) category of activity. Examples include, but are not limited
to:
a.
A commercial, residential, industrial or public service property
having boilers, incinerators, elevators, automatic garage doors, air
conditioners, laundry rooms, utility provisions, or health and recreational
facilities or other similar devices or areas, either in the interior
or on the exterior of the building, which may be a source of elevated
sound levels at another category on the same distinct parcel of land;
or
b.
A building which is both commercial (usually on the ground floor)
and residential property located above, behind, below or adjacent.
NOISE CONTROL OFFICER
Shall mean an employee of: (1) a local, county or regional
health agency which is certified pursuant to the County Environmental
Health Act (N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-21 et seq.) to perform noise enforcement
activities; or (2) a municipality with a Department approved noise
control ordinance and the employee must be acting within his or her
designated jurisdiction and must be authorized to issue a summons
in order to be considered a noise control officer.
PLAINLY AUDIBLE
Shall mean any sound that can be detected by a person using
his or her unaided hearing faculties. As an example, if the sound
source under investigation is a portable or personal vehicular sound
amplification or reproduction device, the detection of the rhythmic
bass component of the music is sufficient to verify plainly audible
sound. The noise control officer need not determine the title, specific
words, or the artist performing the song.
PRIVATE RIGHT-OF-WAY
Shall mean any street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway,
sidewalk, alley or easement that is owned, leased or controlled by
a governmental entity.
PUBLIC SPACE
Shall mean any real property or structures thereon that are
owned, leased or controlled by a government entity.
REAL PROPERTY LINE
Shall mean either (a) the imaginary line including its vertical
extension that separates one parcel of real property from another;
(b) the vertical and horizontal boundaries of a dwelling unit that
is part of a multi-dwelling unit building; or (c) on a multi-use property,
the interface between the two (2) portions of the property on which
different categories of activity are being performed (e.g., if the
multi-use property is a building which is residential upstairs and
commercial downstairs, then the real property line would be the interface
between the residential area and the commercial area).
WEEKDAY
Shall mean any that is not a Federal holiday, and beginning
on Monday at 7:00 a.m. and ending on the following Friday at 6:00
p.m.
WEEKENDS
Shall mean beginning on Friday at 6:00 p.m. and ending on
the following Monday at 7:00 a.m.
[Ord. #03-27, § III]
Whereas excessive sound is a serious hazard to the public health,
welfare, safety, and the quality of life; and
Whereas a substantial body of science and technology exists
by which excessive sound may be substantially abated; and
Whereas the people have a right to, and should be ensured of,
an environment free from excessive sound,
Now therefore, it is the policy of the Township of Woodbridge
to prevent excessive sound that may jeopardize the health, welfare,
or safety of the citizens or degrade the quality of life.
This section shall apply to the control of sound originating
from sources within the Township of Woodbridge.