DEP Environmental Protection Forms Folder 1175, 1996-2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

CHAPTER 2—NOISE CONTROL § 24-203 (g) Ambient noise means the all -encompassing noise associated with a given environment, being usually a composite of sounds from many sources near and far. (h) Apparatus means any mechanism which prevents, controls, detects, measures or records the production of sound. (i) Authorized emergency vehicle means every ambulance and every vehicle operated by a police department, fire department, fire patrol, chief or assistant chief of a fire deparment, county or deputy county fire coordina- tor, county or assistant county fire marshal, sheriff, or by a chief, assistant chief or deputy chief of a police department, a regular paid deputy sheriff or a motor vehicle of the New York city housing authority when engaged in the performance of duty as a peace officer, or by an authorized public utility company when on emergency calls, every state-owned vehicle law enforcement officer of the conservation operated by a department when engaged in performance of duty in enforcement of the environmental and every vehicle operated by a bridge authority or conservation law, bridge and tunnel authority when on emergency calls. (j) Board means the environmental control board of the city York. of New

(k) Building means a building as defined in article two of subchapter two of chapter one of title twenty-seven of the code. (1) Building aperture means any designed opening in a building to which a person may reasonably have access including but not limited to any door, gate, window, skylight or hatch. (m) Burglar alarm means any sound signal device designed and in- tended to produce a sound signal upon unauthorized entrance by a person into a building or motor vehicle. (n) "C" level means the total sound level of all noise as measure with a sound level meter using the "C" weighting network. The unit of measure- ment is the db(C). (o) Certificate means an operating or temporary operating certificate. (p) Charter means the charter of the city of New York including all of its amendments. (q) Circulation device means any device which circulates a gas or fluid, including but not limited to any air conditioner, pump, cooling tower, fan or blower. (r) Claxon means any manually, mechanically, or electrically powered device, other than an emergency signal device, including but not limited to a motor vehicle horn, which is intended to, and when operated actually does, emit a sound signal. (s) This code means the New York city noise control code.

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