§ 21-205. Definitions.

The following words, when used in this article, shall have the following respective meanings, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Motor vehicle means every vehicle defined as a motor vehicle by section 46.2-100, Code of Virginia (1950), as amended.

Noise disturbance means any sound which by its character, intensity and duration:

(1)

Endangers or injures the health or safety of persons within the city, or annoys or disturbs persons within the city; and

(2)

Can be heard clearly by a person using his or her unaided hearing faculties. Specific examples of prohibited noise disturbances are set forth in section 21-207 of this Code.

Public property means any real property owned or controlled by the city or any other governmental entity.

Public right-of-way means any street, avenue, boulevard, highway, sidewalk or alley.

Real property boundary means the property line along the ground surface, and its vertical extension, which separates the real property owned by one (1) person from that owned by another person.

Residential has reference to single-family, multifamily and residential mixed density zoning district classifications.

Sound means an oscillation in pressure, particle displacement, particle velocity, or other physical parameter, in a medium with internal forces that cause compression and rarefaction of that medium, and which propagates at finite speed. The description of sound may include any characteristic of such sound, including duration, intensity and frequency.

(Ord. No. 30533, § 1, 5-20-91; Ord. No. 37350, § 3, 4-3-06; Ord. No. 38657, § 1, 12-7-09)

(Ord. No. 30533, § 1, 5-20-91; Ord. No. 37350, § 3, 4-3-06; Ord. No. 38657, § 1, 12-7-09)