Coronado Municipal Code Ch. 41.04 Definitions

• 41.04.130 Sound amplifying equipment.

• 41.04.140 Sound level.

• 41.04.150 Sound level meter.

• 41.04.160 Sound truck.

• 41.04.170 Supplementary deBnitions of technical terms.

A sound level typical of the sound levels at a certain place during a given period of time, averaged by the general rule of combination for sound levels, said general rule being set forth in the American National Standard SpeciKcations for the sound level meters S1.4-1971. Average sound level is also called equivalent continuous sound level.

Any site preparation, assembly, erection, substantial repair, alteration, or similar action, for or of public or private rights-of-way, structures, utilities or similar property.

Any sound or noise conLicting with the criteria or limits set forth in this title.

Any work performed for the purpose of preventing or alleviating the physical trauma or property damage threatened or caused by an emergency.

Any and all self-propelled vehicles as deKned in the California Vehicle Code, speciKcally including but not limited to “mini-bikes” and “go-carts.”

The Director of Community Development of the City of Coronado or his designated representative.

Any area designated pursuant to CMC 41.06.040 for the purpose of ensuring exceptional quiet.

Any individual, association, partnership, or corporation, any oMcer, employee, department, agency or instrumentality of a State or any political subdivision of the State.

Any self-propelled, airborne, waterborne vessel or vehicle, which is not designated to carry persons, including but limited to any model airplane, boat, car, or rocket.

Any street, avenue, boulevard, highway, sidewalk, alley, waterway, or similar place which is owned or controlled by a government entity.

Any device for the electronic ampliKcation of the human voice, music, or any other sound, excluding standard automobile radios when used and heard only by occupants of the vehicle in which the radio is installed, and as used in this chapter, warning devices on authorized emergency vehicles or horns or other warning devices on any vehicle used only for public safety purposes.

Sound level in decibels is that quantity measured with a sound level meter as deKned herein, by use of the “A” frequency weighting and “fast” time averaging unless some other time averaging is speciKed.

An instrument for the measurement of sound, including a microphone, and ampliKer, and attenuator networks at least for the standardized frequency weighting “A,” and an indicating instrument having at least the standardized dynamic characteristic “fast,” as speciKed in American National Standard SpeciKcations for Sound Level Meters S1.4-1971.

Any motor vehicle, or any other vehicle, regardless of the motive power, whether in motion or stationary, having mounted thereon, or attached thereto, any sound amplifying equipment.

DeKnitions of technical terms not deKned herein shall be obtained from American National Standard Acoustical Terminology S1.1-1960 (R-1976).