§ 48.02 Definitions

Unless otherwise expressly stated or the context clearly indicates a different intention, the following terms have the following meanings. Definitions of technical terms used in this chapter which are not herein defined shall be obtained from publications of acoustical terminology issued by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI):

1. "Application" means the application discussed in Section 48.05 of this chapter.

2. "Emergency" means any occurrence or set of circumstances involving actual or imminent physical or psychological trauma or property damage which demands immediate action.

3. "Emergency work" means any work performed for the purpose of alleviating or resolving an emergency.

4. "Noise" means any sound which disturbs humans or which causes or tends to cause an adverse psychological or physiological effect on humans.

5. "Noise disturbance" means those sounds defined as "noise disturbances" in Section 48.03 of this chapter which have not otherwise been excepted and excluded under any of Sections 48.01(b), 48.04 or 48.05 of this chapter.

6. "Public right-of-way" means the traveled portion of any street or alley or similar place which is owned or controlled by the City or other governmental entity.

7. "Real property boundary" means an imaginary line along the ground surface, and its vertical extension, which separates the real property owned by one person from that owned by another person, but not including intra-building real property division.

8. "Residential property" means any property on which is located a building or structure used wholly or partially for living or sleeping purposes.

9. "Sound" means an oscillation in pressure, particle displacement, particle velocity or other physical parameter, in a medium with internal forces that cause compression and rarefaction of that medium. The description of sound may include any characteristic of such sound, including duration, intensity and frequency.

10. "Sound equipment" means any radio, record player, tape deck or player, loud speaker, amplifier, sound track or other device for producing, reproducing or amplifying sound, except, however, "sound equipment" does not include (a) sirens and other equipment used to alert persons to the existence of an emergency, (b) equipment used by law enforcement and other public safety officials in the performance of their official duties, (c) church carillons, bells or chimes, (d) mobile radio or telephone signaling devices and (e) automobile and truck radios, tape decks or players or other such standard equipment used and intended for the use and enjoyment of the occupants provided that the sound emitted therefrom is not audible for more than fifty (50) feet from such automobile or truck.