Section 3-101 - Definitions.
§ 3-101. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Committee.- "Committee" means the Interagency Noise Control Committee.
(c) Council.- "Council" means the Environmental Noise Advisory Council.
(d) Environmental noise standard.- "Environmental noise standard" means a goal for the limitation of noise, from all sources, that exists in a defined area under specified conditions.
(e) Noise.-
(1) "Noise" means the intensity, frequency, duration, and character of sound.
(2) "Noise" includes sound and vibration of subaudible frequencies.
(f) Political subdivision.- "Political subdivision" means a county or municipal corporation of this State.
(g) Sound level limit.- "Sound level limit" means the maximum allowable noise emission from a noise source in a defined area under specified conditions.
(h) Source.- "Source" means any person or property from which sound originates.
[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 823; 1982, ch. 240, § 2.]