§ 103-4. Noise control officers.  


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  • A. 
    The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by noise control officers of the Burlington County Health Department. In the event that Mount Laurel Township ever acquires the equipment and has employees or police officers who have received the proper certifications set forth hereafter, the Township may enforce the provisions of this chapter as well without further amendment to these provisions.
    B. 
    A person shall be qualified to be a noise control officer if the person meets the criteria set forth in the definition above and completes, at a frequency specified by the Department in N.J.A.C. 7:29-2.11, a noise certification and recertification course which is offered by the Department of Environmental Sciences of Cook College, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey or any other noise certification or recertification course which is offered by an accredited university and approved by the Department.
    C. 
    Sound measurements made by a noise control officer shall conform to the procedures set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:29-2, except that interior sound level measurements shall also conform to the procedures set forth in § 103-5B and C of this chapter and with the definition of "real property line" as contained herein.
    Editor's Note: See § 103-1, Definitions.
    D. 
    Noise control officers shall have the power to:
    (1) 
    Coordinate the noise control activities of all departments in the Township of Mount Laurel and cooperate with all other public bodies and agencies to the extent practicable.
    (2) 
    Review the actions of the Township of Mount Laurel and advise of the effect, if any, of such actions on noise control.
    (3) 
    Review public and private projects, subject to mandatory review or approval by other departments or boards, for compliance with this chapter.
    (4) 
    Investigate and pursue possible violations of this chapter for sound levels which equal or exceed the sound levels set forth in Tables I and II, when measured at a receiving property located within the designated jurisdiction of the noise control officer, in accordance with § 103-7 below.
    Editor's Note: Tables I and II are included as attachments to this chapter.
    (5) 
    Cooperate with noise control officers of adjacent municipalities in enforcing one another's municipal noise ordinances.