The following shall be excluded from the provisions
of this chapter:
A. Noise from domestic power tools, lawn mowers and agricultural
equipment when operated with a muffler between the hours of 8:00 a.m.
to 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekends and
legal holidays, provided that they produce less than 85 dBA at or
within any real property line of a residential property.
B. Sound from church bells and church chimes when a part
of religious observance or service.
C. Noise from construction activity, provided that all
motorized equipment used in such activity is equipped with functioning
mufflers, except as provided in Maximum Permissible Sound Levels,
Table I, of this chapter.
D. Noise from snow blowers, snow throwers and snowplows
when operated with a muffler for the purpose of snow removal.
E. Noise from stationary emergency signaling devices
that conform to the provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:29.
F. Noise from an exterior burglar alarm of any building
or motor vehicle, provided that such burglar alarm shall terminate
its operation within 15 minutes after it has been activated.
G. Planned and/or emergency road work performed by the Borough of Palisades Park, the County of Bergen, or the State of New Jersey, or by an authorized contractor, agent, or member of the public entities, for the demolition, alteration, repair, or excavation of streets, roads, bridges, and underpasses anywhere within the Borough of Palisades Park. However, if, in the opinion of the Construction Official or his designee, reasonable effort is not utilized to diminish noise levels, this exclusion shall not apply, and the offending entity or its contractors, agents or employees shall conform to all requirements pertaining to noise contained in Chapter
191 of the Code of the Borough of Palisades Park.
[Added 8-21-2012 by Ord. No. 1580]