Certain words and terms used in this chapter are hereby defined as follows:
EMERGENCY: An occurrence of a set of circumstances involving actual or imminent physical trauma or property damage demanding immediate attention.
EMERGENCY WORK: Any work performed for the purpose of preventing or alleviating physical trauma or property damage, whether actual or threatened by an emergency, or work by public or private utilities when restoring utility service.
EXCESSIVE, LOUD, RAUCOUS OR UNNECESSARY NOISE: Any noise which unreasonably disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of reasonable persons of ordinary sensitivity; or any noise which is so harsh, prolonged, unnatural, or unusual in time or place as to occasion unreasonable discomfort to any person.
PLAINLY AUDIBLE: Any sound that can be detected by a person using his or her hearing faculties, unaided by any mechanical device such as a hearing aid. For a sound to be plainly audible, it is not required that particular words or phrases are determinable or that the name, artist or type of instrument producing the sound can be determined. The detection of any rhythmic bass or reverberating type of sound is sufficient to constitute a plainly audible sound.
PROPERTY LINE: Either: a) the boundary line of a parcel of real estate; b) the vertical and horizontal boundary of a dwelling unit that is part of a multi-family dwelling unit; or c) on a mixed use property, the interface between the two (2) portions of the property on which different categories of activity are being performed.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY: Any real property which contains a building constructed for a residential purpose or in which one or more persons reside, provided that the building is properly zoned or is legally nonconforming for residential use within the village.
SOUND AMPLIFICATION DEVICE: Any loudspeaker, amplifier, stereo, radio, television, tape recorder, compact disk player, DVD player, portable media player, or any other device or system by which sounds may be enhanced or magnified. (Ord. 2767, 5-2-2011)