§ 58-91. Definitions.

All terminology used in this article and not defined below shall be in conformance with applicable publications of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) or its successor. The following words and terms, when used in this article, shall have the following meanings:

A-weighting is electronic filtering in sound level meters that models human hearing frequency sensitivity.

Background sound level is the total sound pressure level in the area of interest excluding the noise source of interest.

Boom box means any self-contained, portable, handheld music or sound amplification or reproduction equipment capable of emitting sound.

Boom car means any vehicle with loudspeakers, amplifiers, radio receiving sets, musical instruments, phonographs or other equipment capable of producing, reproducing or emitting sound which is cast upon the public street for personal or commercial purposes.

Commercial or business property category is all property which is used primarily for the sale of merchandise or goods, or for the performances of service, or for office or clerical work.

Construction is any site preparation, assembly, erection, repair, alteration or similar action, or demolition of buildings or structures.

Decibel (dB) is the unit of measurement for sound pressure level at a specified location.

dBA is the A-weighted unit of sound pressure level.

Emergency is any occurrence or set of circumstances involving actual or imminent physical trauma or property damage which demands immediate action.

Emergency work is any work or action performed for the purpose of preventing or alleviating the physical trauma or property damage threatened or caused by an emergency.

Impulsive sound is a sound having a short, intermittent duration with an abrupt onset and rapid decay.

Industrial or manufacturing property category is any property which is used primarily for manufacturing or processing.

Institutional property category is any property which is used primarily for public purposes such as a county building or other county facility.

Legal holidays recognized by Tift County include New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.

Muffler is a sound-dissipative device or system for attenuating the sound of escaping gases of an internal combustion engine where such a device is part of the normal configuration of the equipment.

Multifamily dwelling is any building or other shelter that has been divided into separate units to house more than one family.

Noise is any sound which annoys or disturbs humans or causes or tends to cause an adverse psychological or physiological effect on humans.

Noise disturbance is any sound that:

(a)

Endangers the safety or health of any person;

(b)

Disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities; or

(c)

Endangers personal or real property.

Noise sensitive facility means any facility whose operations may be detrimentally impacted by excessive sound levels. Such facilities include, but are not limited to, schools, hospitals, and places of worship.

Octave band is all the components in a sound spectrum whose frequencies are between two sine waves components separated by an octave.

Public space property category is any real property or structures thereon that is owned, leased, or controlled by a governmental entity.

Real property line is the line, including its vertical extension, that separates one parcel of real property from another.

Residential property category is all property on which people live and sleep or that which is not commercial or industrial.

Sound level meter (SLM) is an instrument used to measure sound pressure levels conforming to Type 1 or Type 2 standards as specified in ANSI Standard S1.4-1983 or the latest version thereof.

Sound pressure level (SPL) is 20 multiplied by the logarithm, to the base ten, of the measured sound pressure divided by the sound pressure associated with the threshold of human hearing, in units of decibels.

Weekday is any day, Monday through Friday, that is not a legal holiday.

(Ord. No. 2004-04, § 1, 5-10-04)