As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A group of commercial facilities and the abutting public
rights-of-way and public spaces.
Any premises, property or facility involving traffic in goods
or furnishings of services for sale or profit, including but not limited
to:
Any site preparation, assembly, erection, repair, alteration
or similar action, but excluding demolition of buildings or structures.
The practical unit of measurement for sound pressure level;
the number of decibels of a measured sound is equal to 20 times the
logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of the sound pressure of the
measured sound to the sound pressure of a standard sound (20 micropascals);
abbreviated "dB."
Any dismantling, intentional destruction or removal of buildings
or structures.
Any work or action necessary to deliver essential services,
including but not limited to repairing water, gas, electricity, telephone
or sewer facilities or public transportation facilities, removing
fallen trees on public rights-of-way or abating life-threatening conditions.
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.
Any activity and its related premises, property, facilities
or equipment involving the fabrication, manufacture or production
of durable or nondurable goods.
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, mopeds and minibikes.
Any vehicle that is propelled or drawn on land by an engine
or motor, such as, but not limited to passenger cars, trucks, truck
trailers, semitrailers, campers, go-carts, snowmobiles, amphibious
craft on land, dune buggies or racing vehicles, but not including
motorcycles.
Any vehicle for which regulations apply pursuant to Section
18 of the Federal Noise Control Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-574), as amended,
pertaining to motor carriers engaged in interstate commerce.
A sound dissipative device or system for abating the sound
of escaping gases of an internal-combustion engine.
Any building wherein there are two or more dwelling units.
Any sounds of such level and duration as to be or tend to
be injurious to human health or welfare or which would unreasonably
interfere with the enjoyment of life or property throughout the state
or in any portions thereof, but excludes all aspects of the employer-employee
relationship concerning health and safety hazards within the confines
of a place of employment.
The Chief of Police of the Borough of Palisades Park.
Any officer or member of the Police Department of the Borough
of Palisades Park or duly designated noise control officer of the
borough or the General Code Enforcement Officer.
Any sound that endangers the safety or health of any person
or disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities or endangered
personal or real property.
Any individual, corporation, company, association, society,
firm, partnership, joint-stock company, the state or any political
subdivision, agency or instrumentality of the state.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, sidewalk or
alley that is leased, owned or controlled by a governmental entity.
Any real property or structures thereon that are owned, leased
or controlled by a governmental entity.
Either the imaginary line, including its vertical extension,
that separates one parcel of real property from another or the vertical
and horizontal boundaries of a dwelling unit that is one in a multi-dwelling-unit
building.
Any motor vehicle used off public roads for recreational
purposes.
A group of residential properties and the abutting public
right-of-way and public spaces.
Any property used for human habitation.
The sound-pressure level measured in decibels with a sound-level
meter set for A-weighting; sound level is expressed in "dBA."
An instrument used to measure sound levels, which conforms
to Type 1 or Type 2 standards as specified by ANSI Specification S1.4-1971.
Any day, Monday through Friday, that is not a legal holiday.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced
by the noise control officers.
The Noise Control Administrator shall have the
power to:
A.
Coordinate the noise control activities of all municipal
departments and cooperate with all other public bodies and agencies
to the extent practicable.
B.
Review the actions of other municipal departments
and advise such departments of the effect, if any, of such actions
on noise control.
C.
Review public and private projects, subject to mandatory
review or approval by other department or boards, for compliance with
this chapter.
A person shall be qualified to be a noise control
officer if the person has satisfactorily completed any of the following:
Noise measurements made by noise control officers shall be taken according to procedures specified by N.J.A.C. 7:29B, except as provided in § 191-3, Powers and duties of Noise Control Administrator, of this chapter.
