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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN <br />CHAPTER 16.1, AS AMENDED, OF THE <br />CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, <br />RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the <br />Virginia, that Chapter 16.1, as amended, <br />of Charlottesville, 1976, is amended and <br />CHAPTER 16.1 <br />NOISE CONTROL. <br />City of Charlottesville, <br />of the Code of the City <br />reordained as follows: <br />Sec. 16.1-1. Short title; scope. <br />This chapter may be cited as the "Noise Control Ordinance <br />of the City of Charlottesville." It shall be applicable to the <br />control of noises originating within the city limits. <br />Sec. 16.1-1.1. Declaration of findings and policy. <br />The City Council hereby finds and declares that excessive <br />sound is a serious hazard to the public health, welfare, peace <br />and safety, and the quality of life; that a substantial body of <br />science and technology exists by which excessive sound may be <br />substantially abated; that the people have a right to and should <br />be ensured an environment free from excessive sound that may <br />jeopardize the public health, welfare, peace and safety or <br />degrade the quality of life; and that it is the policy of the <br />City to prevent such excessive sound. <br />Sec. 16.1-2. Definitions. <br />The following terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the <br />meanings hereinafter ascribed to them, unless otherwise clearly <br />indicated by the context: <br />(a) A -weighted sound level. The sound pressure level in <br />decibels as measured on a sound level meter using the A -weighting <br />network. The level so read is designated dB(A) or dBA. <br />(b) Decibel (dB). A unit for measuring the volume of a <br />sound, equal to twenty times the logarithm to the base ten of <br />the ratio of the pressure of the sound measured to the reference <br />. pressure, which is twenty micropascals (twenty micronewtons per <br />square meter). <br />