Section 3-101 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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.]