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Timestamp: 2019-03-20 15:44:21
Document Index: 276089439

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 362', '§ 362', '§ 362', '§ 362', '§ 362', '§ 162', '§ 362', '§ 362', '§ 362']

Township of Cinnaminson, NJ Noise
§ 362-2 Applicability.
§ 362-3 Noise Control Officers.
§ 362-4 Maximum permissible sound levels.
§ 362-5 Restricted uses and activities.
§ 362-6 Enforcement.
Chapter 362 Noise
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Cinnaminson 6-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2006-19. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Habitual barking by dogs — See Ch. 162, § 162-18A.
Motels and housing accommodations — See Ch. 356.
Peace and good order — See Ch. 385.
Cinnaminson Township when an employee or employees has or have received noise enforcement training and is or are currently certified in noise enforcement.
The employee must be acting within his or her designated jurisdiction and must be authorized to issue a summons in order to be considered a Noise Control Officer.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by Noise Control Officers of the Burlington County Health Department. In the event Cinnaminson Township ever acquires the equipment and has employees or police officers who have received the proper certification set forth hereafter, the Township may enforce the provisions of this chapter as well without further amendment to these provisions. 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, as specified by the Department in N.J.A.C. 7:29-2.11, noise certification and recertification courses which are 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 sections 2.135.040(B) and (C) of this regulation and with the definition of "real property line" as contained herein.
Coordinate the noise control activities of all departments in the Township of Cinnaminson and cooperate with all other public bodies and agencies to the extent practicable;
Investigate and pursue possible violations of this chapter for sound levels which equal or exceed the sound limits as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2, when measured at a receiving property located within the designated jurisdiction of the Noise Control Officer, in accordance with § 362-6 below; and
Cooperate with Noise Control Officers of adjacent municipalities in enforcing one another's municipal Noise Ordinances where such ordinances are based upon the standards promulgated at N.J.A.C. 7:29-1 et seq.
No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the operation of any source of sound on any source property listed in § 362-2A above in such a manner as to create a sound level that equals or exceeds the sound level limits set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2 when measured at or within the real property line of any of the receiving properties listed in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2 et seq., except as specified in Subsection B below.
Indoor measurements shall only be taken if the sound source is on or within the same property as the receiving property, as in the case of a multi-use property (e.g., sound generated within a commercial unit of a multi-use property building and received within a residential unit of the same building) or multi-dwelling-unit building. In addition, indoor measurements shall be taken if the property line between the receiving property and the source property is a common wall, such as in a multi-dwelling-unit building. The allowable sound level standards for indoors are as shown in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2.
Impulsive sound between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. shall not equal or exceed 80 decibels. Between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., impulsive sound which occurs less than four times in any hour shall not equal or exceed 80 decibels. Impulsive sound which repeats four or more times in any hour shall be measured as impulsive sound and shall meet the requirements as shown in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2.
Construction and demolition activities are exempt from the sound level limits set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2, except as provided for in Subsection B below.
Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2, the following standards shall apply to the activities or sources of sound set forth below:
Noncommercial or nonindustrial power tools and landscaping and yard maintenance equipment shall not be operated between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., unless such activities can meet the applicable limits set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2. All motorized equipment used in these activities shall be operated with a muffler. At all other times, the limits set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2 do not apply to noncommercial or nonindustrial power tools and landscaping and yard maintenance equipment.
Commercial or industrial power tools and landscaping and yard maintenance equipment, excluding emergency work, shall not be operated on a residential property or within 250 feet of a residential property line when operated on commercial or industrial property, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends or federal holidays, unless such activities can meet the limits set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2. In addition, commercial or industrial power tools and landscaping and yard maintenance equipment, excluding emergency work, utilized on commercial or industrial property shall meet the limits set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2 between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. All motorized equipment used in these activities shall be operated with a muffler. At all other times, the limits set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2 do not apply to commercial or industrial power tools and landscaping and yard maintenance equipment.
Construction and demolition activity, excluding emergency work, shall not be performed between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and federal holidays, unless such activities can meet the limits set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2. All motorized equipment used in construction and demolition activity shall be operated with a muffler. At all other times, the limits set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2 do not apply to construction and demolition activities.
Motorized snowblowers, snow throwers, and lawn equipment with attached snowplows shall be operated at all times with a muffler. At all times, the limits set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2 do not apply.
An exterior burglar alarm of a building or motor vehicle must be activated in such a manner that the burglar alarm terminates its operation within five minutes for continuous airborne sound and 15 minutes for impulsive sound after it has been activated. At all times, the limits set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2 do not apply.
Sound levels exceeding the limits set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1 shall be prohibited between residential units within the same multi-dwelling-unit building. Measurements shall be taken indoors as per § 362-4B and C.