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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 22:32:50+00:00

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§ 132-3 Declaration of findings and policy.
§ 132-4 Noise Control Officers.
§ 132-5 Maximum permissible sound levels.
§ 132-7 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
§ 132-8 Severability and repealer.
Sound from stationary emergency signaling devices shall be regulated in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.4, except that the testing of the electromechanical functioning of a stationary emergency signaling device shall not meet or exceed 10 seconds.
Whereas excessive sound is a serious hazard to the public health, welfare, safety, and the quality of life; and whereas a substantial body of science and technology exists by which excessive sound may be substantially abated; and whereas the people have a right to, and should be ensured of, an environment free from excessive sound; now, therefore, it is the policy of the Township of Pemberton to prevent excessive sound that may jeopardize the health, welfare, or safety of the citizens or degrade the quality of life. This article shall apply to the control of sound originating from sources within the Township of Pemberton.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by Noise Control Officers. A person shall be qualified to be a Noise Control Officer if the person meets the criteria set forth in the definition above and completes, at a frequency specified by the Department in N.J.A.C. 7:29-2.11, a noise certification and recertification course which is offered by the Department of Environmental Sciences of Cook College, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey or any other noise certification or recertification course which is offered by an accredited university and approved by the Department.
Sound measurements made by a Noise Control Officer shall conform to the procedures set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:29-2, except that interior sound level measurements shall also conform with the procedures set forth in § 132-5B and C of this article and with the definition of "real property line" as contained herein.
No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the operation of any source of sound on any source property listed in § 132-2A above in such a manner as to create a sound level that equals or exceeds the sound level limits set forth in Tables I and II when measured at or within the real property line of any of the receiving properties listed in Tables I and II, except as specified in Subsection B below.
Impulsive sound. Impulsive sound shall not equal or exceed 80 decibels at all times.
Emergency electricity generators at an industrial, commercial, or community service facility in use during an electrical outage.
Violation of any provision of this article shall be cause for an enforcement document to be issued to the violator by the Noise Control Officer according to procedures set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.7. The recipient of an enforcement document shall be entitled to a hearing in a municipal court having jurisdiction to contest such action.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall be subject upon order of a court to a civil penalty for each offense of not more than $3,000. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it occurs shall constitute an additional, separate, and distinct offense.
No provision of this article shall be construed to impair any common law or statutory cause of action, or legal remedy therefrom, of any person for injury or damage arising from any violation of this article or from other law.
If any provision or portion of a provision of this article is held to be unconstitutional, preempted by federal or state law, or otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of the ordinance shall not be invalidated.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances which are inconsistent with any provisions of this article are hereby repealed as to the extent of such inconsistencies.

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