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Timestamp: 2019-12-14 13:53:45
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 242', '§ 242', '§ 242', '§ 242', '§ 242', '§ 242', '§ 242', '§ 242', '§ 242', '§ 242', '§ 242']

Township of Little Egg Harbor, NJ Noise
§ 242-1 Findings; policy.
§ 242-4 Noise control officers.
§ 242-5 Maximum permissible sound levels.
§ 242-6 Restricted uses and activities.
§ 242-7 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
Chapter 242 Noise
Vehicular sound reproduction — See Ch. 326.
ATTACHMENTS242a Table II Max Perm Oct Band Sound-Pres
Whereas, excessive noise is a serious hazard to the public health and welfare and the quality of life; and a substantial body of science and technology exists by which excessive noise may be substantially abated; and the people have a right to and should be ensured an environment free from noise that may jeopardize their health or welfare or degrade the quality of life; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions and prohibitions hereinafter contained and enacted is declared as a matter of legislative determination and public policy; and the provisions and prohibitions hereinafter contained and enacted are in pursuance of and for the purpose of securing and promoting the public health, comfort, convenience, safety, welfare and the peace and quiet of the inhabitants of the Township of Little Egg Harbor.
Now, therefore, it is the policy of the Township of Little Egg Harbor to prevent excessive sound that may jeopardize the health, welfare or safety of the citizens or degrade the quality of life. This chapter shall apply to the control of sound originating from sources within the Township of Little Egg Harbor.
An employee of a local, county or regional health agency which is certified pursuant to the County Environmental Health Act (N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-21 et seq.) to perform noise enforcement activities; or a Little Egg Harbor Township police officer and/or code enforcement officer who has received noise enforcement training and is currently certified in noise enforcement. The officer 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.
On a multi-use property, the distance between the two portions of the property on which different categories of activity are being performed (e.g., if the multi-use property is a building which is residential upstairs and commercial downstairs, then the "real property line" would be the interface between the residential area and the commercial area).
It shall be the duty and the responsibility of a properly certified Little Egg Harbor Township police officer or code enforcement officer to enforce the provisions of this chapter. 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 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 to the procedures set forth in § 242-5C and D of this chapter and with the definition of "real property line" as contained herein.
Coordinate the noise control activities of all departments in the Township of Little Egg Harbor and cooperate with all other public bodies and agencies to the extent practicable.
Review the actions of the Township of Little Egg Harbor and advise of the effect, if any, of such actions on noise control.
Investigate and pursue possible violations of this chapter for sound levels which equal or exceed the sound levels set forth in Tables I and II,[1] when measured at a receiving property located within the designated jurisdiction of the noise control officer, in accordance with § 242-7 below.
Editor's Note: Table I is included in § 242-5D, and Table II is included at the end of this chapter.
No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the operation of any source of sound on any source property listed in § 242-3A 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.
No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the operation of any source of sound on any source property listed in § 242-3A above in such a manner as to create a sound level that equals or exceeds the sound levels listed below:
Commercial Facility,* or Nonresidential Portion of a Multi-Use Facility
NOTE: In those instances when a commercial facility shares a common wall/ceiling/floor with another facility that is producing the sound.
Table II.[1]
Motorized snow blowers, 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 Tables I and II do not apply.
Sound levels exceeding the limits set forth in Table I and Table II shall be prohibited between residential units within the same multi-dwelling-unit building. Measurements shall be taken indoors as per § 242-5B and C.