AMPLIFIED SOUND. Any sound or noise, including the human voice that is increased in volume or intensity by means of electrical power.
BASS. Sound considered at the lower half of the whole vocal or instrumental tonal range; vocal or instrumental that produces a very deep sound.
CONSTRUCTION. Erection, repair, assembly, alteration, landscaping or demolition of any building or buildings in sight.
DISTURBING. Noise which is perceived by a person of ordinary sensibilities as interrupting the normal peace and calm of the area.
EMERGENCY WORK. Any work performed for the purposes of preventing or alleviating physical trauma or property damage threatened or caused by an existing or imminent peril.
EVENT. A gathering of people for the purpose of recreation, entertainment, worship, fundraising, or cultural activity outdoors on a zoning lot, or other property, where amplified sound is emitted from the property.
NOISE. Any sound that is undesirable because it interferes with speech and hearing, or is intense enough to damage hearing, or is otherwise annoying. Any sound that is unwanted and/or unwanted sound not occurring in the natural environment and that causes or tends to cause an adverse psychological or physiological effect on human beings. Noise can also be one or a group of loud, harsh, non-harmonious sounds or vibrations that are present and irritating to the ear and any undesired plainly audible sound.
NOISE IMPACT. The extent to which a level of noise interferes with the full utilization of land.
NOISE POLLUTION. Continuous or episodic excessive noise in the human environment; any sound which endangers or injures the safety or health of human beings or annoys or is objectionable to a reasonable person of normal sensitivity.
NOISE SOURCE. The activity responsible for the noise in question or noise which in fact exceeds [said] standards.
PERSON. Any individual, association, firm, partnership or corporation.
PERSON RESPONSIBLE. An owner, occupant, employee, agent or any other person who is or appears to be responsible for a premises, dwelling, or business or a noise-producing machine or device.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, sidewalk, alley or easement that is owned, leased, or controlled by a governmental entity.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any public way, park, cemetery or open space adjacent thereto; any public lake or stream; and any place or business open to the use of the public in general, open to public view or to which the public has access.
OFFENDER. A person who commits an illegal act.
OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND. Any sound using sound amplifying equipment where such equipment is located outside of a residential or commercial structure or within such structures where it is obvious that the sound emitted from the amplifying equipment is intended to be transmitted to the outside through open doors or windows or other openings in the structure.
PLAINLY AUDIBLE. Able to be detected by a person using his or her unaided hearing faculties. As an example, if the sound source under investigation is a portable or personal vehicular sound amplification or reproduction device, the detection of the rhythmic bass component of the music is sufficient to verify plainly audible sound. The officer need not determine the title, specific words, or the artist performing the song. Simply, words or phrases need not be discernible and bass reverberations are included.
REVERBERATION. Created when a sound or signal is reflected causing a larger number of reflections to build up and then decay as the sound is absorbed by the surfaces of objects in the space which could include furniture, people and air.
SOUND AMPLIFYING EQUIPMENT. Any device for the amplification of the human voice, music, or any other sound, including televisions, electronic loud speakers, jukeboxes, stereos, compact disc players and radios.
UNNECESSARY NOISE. Any excessive or unusually loud sound which disturbs the peace and quiet of any neighborhood or which does annoy, disturb, injure or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of any reasonable person of ordinary sensibilities or causes damage to property.
UNREASONABLY LOUD, DISTURBING OR EXCESSIVE NOISE. Noise which is substantially incompatible with the time and location where created to the extent that is creates and actual or imminent interference with peace or good order. Any sound which because of its volume, level, duration or character disturbs, discomforts, injures or endangers the health, peace or safety of a reasonable person with normal sensitivities.
(Ord. 2019-O2, passed 2-12-19)