As used in this article, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1)Commercial zone means:
(a)An area where offices, clinics, and the facilities needed to serve them are
located;
(b)An area with local shopping and service establishments located within
walking distances of the residents served;
(c)A tourist-oriented area where hotels, motels, and gasoline stations are
located;
(d)A large integrated regional shopping center;
(e)A business strip along a main street containing offices, retail businesses,
and commercial enterprises;
(f)A central business district; or
(g)A commercially dominated area with multiple-unit dwellings.
(2)db(A) means sound levels in decibels measured on the A scale of a
standard sound level meter having characteristics defined by the American na
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) Commercial zone means:
(a) An area where offices, clinics, and the facilities needed to serve them are
located;
(b) An area with local shopping and service establishments located within
walking distances of the residents served;
(c) A tourist-oriented area where hotels, motels, and gasoline stations are
located;
(d) A large integrated regional shopping center;
(e) A business strip along a main street containing offices, retail businesses,
and commercial enterprises;
(f) A central business district; or
(g) A commercially dominated area with multiple-unit dwellings.
(2) db(A) means sound levels in decibels measured on the A scale of a
standard sound level meter having characteristics defined by the American national
standards institute, publication S1. 4 - 1971.
(3) Decibel is a unit used to express the magnitude of a change in sound
level. The difference in decibels between two sound pressure levels is twenty times
the common logarithm of their ratio. In sound pressure measurements sound levels
are defined as twenty times the common logarithm of the ratio of that sound
pressure level to a reference level of 2 x 10-5 N/m2 (Newton's/meter squared). As
an example of the effect of the formula, a three-decibel change is a one hundred
percent increase or decrease in the sound level, and a ten-decibel change is a one
thousand percent increase or decrease in the sound level.
(4) (a) Industrial zone means an area in which noise restrictions on industry
are necessary to protect the value of adjacent properties for other economic
activity but shall not include agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural operations.
(b) Nothing in paragraph (a) of this subsection (4), as amended by House Bill
05-1180, as enacted at the first regular session of the sixty-fifth general assembly,
shall be construed as changing the property tax classification of property owned by
a horticultural or floricultural operation.
(5) Light industrial and commercial zone means:
(a) An area containing clean and quiet research laboratories;
(b) An area containing light industrial activities which are clean and quiet;
(c) An area containing warehousing; or
(d) An area in which other activities are conducted where the general
environment is free from concentrated industrial activity.
(5.2) Motorcycle means a self-propelled vehicle with not more than three
wheels in contact with the ground that is designed primarily for use on the public
highways.
(5.4) Motor vehicle means a self-propelled vehicle with at least four
wheels in contact with the ground that is designed primarily for use on the public
highways.
(5.6) Off-highway vehicle means a self-propelled vehicle with wheels or
tracks in contact with the ground that is designed primarily for use off the public
highways. Off-highway vehicle shall not include the following:
(a) Military vehicles;
(b) Golf carts;
(c) Snowmobiles;
(d) Vehicles designed and used to carry persons with disabilities; and
(e) Vehicles designed and used specifically for agricultural, logging,
firefighting, or mining purposes.
(6) Residential zone means an area of single-family or multifamily
dwellings where businesses may or may not be conducted in such dwellings. The
zone includes areas where multiple-unit dwellings, high-rise apartment districts,
and redevelopment districts are located. A residential zone may include areas
containing accommodations for transients such as motels and hotels and
residential areas with limited office development, but it may not include retail
shopping facilities. Residential zone includes hospitals, nursing homes, and
similar institutional facilities.
(7) SAE J1287 means the J1287 stationary sound test or any successor test
published by SAE international or any successor organization.
(8) SAE J2567 means the J2567 stationary sound test or any successor
test published by SAE international or any successor organization.
(9) Snowmobile means a self-propelled vehicle primarily designed or
altered for travel on snow or ice when supported in part by skis, belts, or cleats and
designed primarily for use off the public highways. Snowmobile shall not include
machinery used strictly for the grooming of snowmobile trails or ski slopes.