NOISE CONTROL/NON-VEHICULAR NOISE
Section 1.
Applicability. The provisions of this Article XIII apply to all sources of sound except:
1) motor vehicles; 2) aircraft in flight or in operation at an airport; 3) railroad equipment in operation on railroad rights-of-way.
Section 2.
Definitions.
As used in this Article XIII:
(1) “dB(A)” means the intensity of a sound expressed in decibels read from a calibrated sound level meter utilizing the A-level weighing scale and the fast meter response, as specified in American National Standards Institute standards S 1.4-197l.
(2) “Commercial” means a use of the property for purposes other than residential.
(3) “Property line” means the imaginary line which represents the legal limits of property (including an apartment, condominium, room, or other dwelling unit) owned, leased, or otherwise occupied by a person, business, corporation or institution. In cases involving sound from an activity on a public street or other public right-of-way, the “property line” shall be the nearest boundary of the public right-of-way.
(4) “Residential” means a legal use of property for temporary or permanent dwelling purposes.
Section 3.
General Prohibitions. It shall be unlawful for any person to create, assist in creating, permit, continue or permit the continuance of any unreasonably loud, disturbing, unusual or unnecessary noise which annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others on University property.
Section 4.
Specific Prohibitions. The following activities are prohibited if they produce clearly audible sound beyond the property line of the property on which they are conducted:
(1) The operation, between 10 P.M. and 7 A.M., of power tools or equipment.
(2) The operation, between 10 P.M. and 7 A.M., of any device for killing, trapping, attracting, or repelling insects or other pests.
Section 1.
Applicability. The provisions of this Article XIII apply to all sources of sound except:
1) motor vehicles; 2) aircraft in flight or in operation at an airport; 3) railroad equipment in operation on railroad rights-of-way.
Section 2.
Definitions.
As used in this Article XIII:
(1) “dB(A)” means the intensity of a sound expressed in decibels read from a calibrated sound level meter utilizing the A-level weighing scale and the fast meter response, as specified in American National Standards Institute standards S 1.4-197l.
(2) “Commercial” means a use of the property for purposes other than residential.
(3) “Property line” means the imaginary line which represents the legal limits of property (including an apartment, condominium, room, or other dwelling unit) owned, leased, or otherwise occupied by a person, business, corporation or institution. In cases involving sound from an activity on a public street or other public right-of-way, the “property line” shall be the nearest boundary of the public right-of-way.
(4) “Residential” means a legal use of property for temporary or permanent dwelling purposes.
Section 3.
General Prohibitions. It shall be unlawful for any person to create, assist in creating, permit, continue or permit the continuance of any unreasonably loud, disturbing, unusual or unnecessary noise which annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others on University property.
Section 4.
Specific Prohibitions. The following activities are prohibited if they produce clearly audible sound beyond the property line of the property on which they are conducted:
(1) The operation, between 10 P.M. and 7 A.M., of power tools or equipment.
(2) The operation, between 10 P.M. and 7 A.M., of any device for killing, trapping, attracting, or repelling insects or other pests.
