Title 7 - Health and Sanitation
7.08 Noise
7.08.001 Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this ordinance shall, for the purpose of this ordinance, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section unless otherwise defined in the text of the section.
Commercial Area– property zoned C-O, CP-O, C-1, CP-1, C-2, CP-2, C-3, CP-3, CBD, DD, Oxford Township Districts CP-0J, CP-1J, CP-2J, CP-3J (per the March, 1982, Zoning and Subdivision Regulations for Oxford Township), or property operating under a special use permit for a commercial use.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
dB(A)– A-weighted sound level measured in decibels by a general purpose, properly calibrated, sound level meter complying with the provisions of the American National Standard Institute.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Emergency Motor Vehicle– a motor vehicle belonging to a fire department or certified private volunteer firefighter or firefighting association, partnership or corporation, an ambulance, or a motor vehicle belonging to a federal, state, county or municipal law enforcement agency, provided such vehicle is being used as an emergency vehicle by one authorized to use such vehicle for that purpose.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Industrial Area - property zoned BP, M-1, MP-1, M-2, MP-2, and Oxford Township Districts IP-1J and IP-2J (per the March, 1982, Zoning and Subdivision Regulations for Oxford Township).
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Plainly Audible– capable of being heard. It is not necessary to distinguish words or melodies. A plainly audible sound may consist of bass alone.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Property Owner– the named property owner as indicated by the records of the Register of Deeds or Appraiser’s Office in Johnson County, Kansas.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Residential Area– property zoned RE, R-1, RP-1, R-1A, RP-1A, R-2, RP-2, R-3, RP-3, RP-4, R-5, RP-5, R-6, RP-6, former District R-4, and Oxford Township Districts RR, R-1A, R-1B, R-2, R-3 and R-4 (per the March, 1982, Zoning and Subdivision Regulations for Oxford Township) or property upon which a legal non-conforming residential use is operating.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Sound Amplification or Producing Device or Similar Equipment– shall mean radio, radio receiving set, television, phonograph, stereo, tape player, cassette player, compact disc player, “boom box,” loudspeaker, drum, juke box, nickelodeon, musical instrument, sound amplifier or other device which produces, reproduces, or amplifies sound.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Tenant– any person who has an interest in real property either by oral or written lease or covenant.
(History: Ord. NOI-2287 §1, 2001)
Effective on: 1/1/1901