Borough of Maywood, NJ
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2023-12-11
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Part III Board of Health Legislation
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Chapter 386 Nuisances
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Article II Noise or Sound Nuisances
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Borough Government
- Ch 5 Bonds and Notes
- Ch 7 Campaign Contributions
- Ch 9 Claims and Payroll
- Ch 12 Consumer Affairs, Bureau of
- Ch 15 Court, Municipal
- Ch 20 (Reserved)
- Ch 21 Emergency Service Volunteers
- Ch 23 Emergency Management Organization, Local
- Ch 24 Environmental/Legislative Action Committee
- Ch 25 Fire Department
- Ch 28 First Aid and Emergency Squad
- Ch 32 Health, Board of
- Ch 36 Historical Advisory Committee
- Ch 40 Interlocal Services
- Ch 42 Library Board
- Ch 46 Officers and Employees
- Ch 47 Organization of Government
- Ch 52 Personnel Policies
- Ch 56 Police Department
- Ch 61 Swim Pool Committee
- Ch 65 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 69 Recreation Advisory Board
- Ch 72 Recycling Advisory Committee
- Ch 79 Safety Committee
- Ch 83 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 87 Senior Citizens Advisory Committee
- Ch 89 Senior Citizens Rent Subsidies
- Ch 94 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 96 Defense and Indemnification
- General Legislation
- Ch 106 Alarm Systems
- Ch 110 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 114 Amusements
- Ch 121 Bicycles, Roller Skates, Skateboards and Scooters
- Ch 127 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 132 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 136 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 140 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 140A Cannabis
- Ch 141 Certificate of Continued Occupancy
- Ch 143 Circuses, Carnivals and Fairs
- Ch 145 Clean Communities Program
- Ch 148 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 153 Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 154 Landscapers
- Ch 161 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 162 Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 163 Drug-Free and Drunk-Driving-Free Zones
- Ch 165 Electrical Standards
- Ch 169 Fees
- Ch 173 Brush, Hedges and Other Plant Life Near Roadways
- Ch 175 Filming
- Ch 179 Fire Prevention
- Ch 184 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 189 Fuel Oil
- Ch 193 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 194 Handbills and Circulars
- Ch 196 Handicapped Parking Spaces
- Ch 197 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 198 Heating of Dwellings
- Ch 201 Special Improvement District
- Ch 204 Junkyards, Junk Shops and Junk Dealers
- Ch 209 Land Use
- Ch 210 (Reserved)
- Ch 211 Affordable Housing
- Ch 212 Library Rules
- Ch 215 Littering
- Ch 217 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 218 Loitering and Curfew
- Ch 226 Noise
- Ch 233 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 234 Smoking on Public Property
- Ch 237 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 241 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 247 Property Maintenance
- Ch 249 Public Documents
- Ch 251 Railroad Crossings
- Ch 256 Recycling
- Ch 261 Rent Control
- Ch 263 Retail Business
- Ch 265 Sales, Special
- Ch 269 Sewers and Illicit Connections
- Ch 273 Shopping Carts
- Ch 275 Short-Term Vacation and Event Space Rentals
- Ch 281 Soil Removal and Deposit
- Ch 282 Solar Panels
- Ch 284 Stormwater Control
- Ch 286 Streetlamps
- Ch 287 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 291 Swimming Pools
- Ch 293 Tattooing and Body Piercing Parlors
- Ch 295 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 300 Tenancy Protection
- Ch 305 Towing and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch 307 Trees
- Ch 309 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 311 (Reserved)
- Ch 312 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 320 Weapons
- Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 327 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 330 Administration and Enforcement
- Ch 333 Animals
- Ch 339 Boarding- and Rooming Houses
- Ch 341 Boarding Homes for Children
- Ch 347 Buildings and Dwellings, Unfit
- Ch 353 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 359 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 361 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 365 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 369 Housing and Sanitation Standards
- Ch 373 Ice
- Ch 377 Laundries and Dry Cleaning
- Ch 381 Milk and Milk Products
- Ch 386 Nuisances
- Ch 386 Art II Noise or Sound Nuisances
- § 386-3 Loud, unnecessary and unusual noise prohibited.
- § 386-4 Definitions.
- § 386-5 Right of entry.
- § 386-6 Exemptions.
- § 386-7 Measurement of noise.
- Ch 391 Pollution
- Ch 397 Sewers
- Ch 401 Smoke and Obnoxious Trades
- Ch 405 Solid Waste
- Ch 410 Swimming Pools
- Ch 412 Tobacco, Sale of
- Ch 415 Water
- Ch 420 Weed Control
- Appendix
- Ch A426 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A428 Communication Facilities, Consent for
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 10-18-73]
It shall be unlawful for any person residing in, conducting business
in or operating a facility in the Borough of Maywood to make any loud, unnecessary
or unusual noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort,
repose, health or safety of others within the limits of Maywood or the adjacent
communities by land or water.
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The hours between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., inclusive.
1/10 of a bel and expresses the ratio of two values of power, the
number of "decibels" being 10 times the logarithm to the base 10 of the power
ratio.
The Health Officer or his designated representative.
The hours between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., inclusive.
No person shall refuse, obstruct, hinder, delay or interfere with, by
force or otherwise, the performance of the Health Officer or his designated
representative of any duty or testing under the provisions of this Article
or of any amendments or supplements thereof hereafter or refuse to permit
such personnel to perform their duties by refusing them, upon proper identification
or presentation of a written order of the Health Department, entrance to any
premises at reasonable hours.
There shall be exempt from prohibitions of this Article sounds created
by normal governmental operations, traffic sounds, as regulated by New Jersey
Statutes and/or the Division of Motor Vehicles, and sounds by emergency apparatus
or emergency activities.
A.
All sound-pressure levels shall be measured according
to and with equipment that conforms to the current applicable standards published
by the American National Standards Institute, New York City, New York, for
sound-level meters.
B.
Measrement of noise shall be determined by the average
of at least three readings of the sound-level meter taken at the same distance
from the source of complaint at not less than two-minute intervals and in
such a manner as to ensure that only the noise under study is being measured.
C.
Measurement of noises shall be taken in the center of
the room, with one window open, wherein the complainant resides. Such noise
levels will be considered in violation of the purpose and spirit of this Article
if they exceed 50 decibels on the A-weighing (dBA), slow response during the
daytime hours or 40 dBA during the nighttime hours.
D.
In the event that the place of complaint is not accessible,
measurements taken outdoors anywhere on the complainant's property shall
not exceed 60 dBA during the daytime hours or 50 dBA during the nighttime
hours.
