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 West Palm Beach
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 34. ENVIRONMENT
 Article II. NOISE CONTROL REGULATIONS

  § 34-34. Definitions.  

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  • The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

    Amplified sound means a sound augmented by any electronic or other means that increases the sound level or volume.

    dB(A) means, in decibels, a frequency-weighted sound pressure level, as measured on a sound level meter using the A-weighting network as specified in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) specifications for sound-level meters ANSI S1.4-1983 (R2006). The level read is identified as dB(A) or dBA.

    dB(C) means, in decibels, a frequency-weighted sound pressure level, as measured on a sound level meter using the C-weighting network as specified in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) specifications for sound-level meters ANSI S1.4-1983 (R2006). The level read is identified as dB(C) or dBC.

    CityPlace district (CPD) shall have the same meaning as used in section 94-115 of this Code, and in the DMP Zoning Atlas, figure 3.

    Clematis waterfront district conservation district (CWD-CD) shall have the same meaning as used in section 94-122 of this Code and in the DMP Zoning Atlas, figure 3.

    Code enforcement officer means an authorized employee or agent of the city whose duty it is to ensure code compliance, including but not limited to inspectors or the city's code enforcement department and police officers.

    Decibel (dB) means the measure used in describing the amplitude of sound as set forth in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) specifications ANSI S1.1-2013.

    Downtown master plan shall have the same meaning as used in section 94-101 of this Code.

    DMP Zoning Atlas shall have the same meaning as used in section 94-102 of this Code.

    Emergency work means any work performed for the purpose of remedying conditions that create an imminent peril to life, health or property.

    Establishment means a privately owned place of business to which the public is invited, including, but not limited to, a place of amusement or a place of entertainment.

    Plainly audible means the sound can be clearly heard by a person of normal sensibilities using only unaided auditory senses.

    Property line means an imaginary line along the ground surface, and its vertical extension, which separates the real property owned by a person from that owned by another person, but not including intrabuilding real property divisions.

    Receiving property means any residence or place of business or other property into which sound, not originating therefrom, is traveling.

    Residence means any occupied room or rooms connected together containing sleeping facilities, including single- and multiple-family homes, townhomes, apartments, condominium units, and hotel and motel rooms.

    Sound device means any radio receiving set, television set, musical instrument, phonograph, or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound.

    Sound source means the place from which sound emanates, including without limitation a speaker, loudspeaker, or other sound producing instrument, motor vehicle, person, animal or bird.

    Sound level means the weighted sound pressure level as measured in dB(A) or dB(C) by a sound level meter as specified in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) specifications for sound-level meters (ANSI S1.4-1983 (R2006)).

    Sound level meter means an instrument, including a microphone, an amplifier, an output meter, and frequency weighting networks, for the measurement of sound levels as specified in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) specifications for sound-level meters (ANSI S1.4-1983 (R2006)).

    Special magistrate means a hearing officer appointed pursuant to chapter 26 of this Code.

    Uninvited noise means noise not originating on the receiving property.

    All technical definitions not defined above shall be in accordance with applicable publications and standards of the American National Standards Institute ANSI S1.4-1983 (R2006) and ANSI S1.1-2013.

(Ord. No. 4136-08, § 1, 4-21-2008; Ord. No. 4505-14, § 1, 2-3-2014; Ord. No. 4535-14, § 1, 7-6-2015)