(1) “Distribution facilities” means any facility used for distribution of commodities to final consumers, including facilities of utilities that convey water, waste water, natural gas, and electricity.

(2) “dBA” means the sound level in decibels measured using the ‘A’ weighting network on a sound level meter.

(3) “EDNA” means the environmental designation for noise abatement, being an area or zoning designation within which maximum permissible noise levels are established and to which the provisions of this Chapter are applied. For the purposes of this Chapter:

(4) “Emergency work” means work required to restore property to a safe condition following a public calamity, work required to protect persons or property from imminent exposure to danger, or work by private or public utilities to immediately provide or restore necessary utility service.

(5) “Enforcement officer” means any law enforcement officer commissioned by the City of Pullman to enforce the provisions of this Chapter.

(6) “Equipment” means any stationary or portable device or any part thereof capable of generating sound.

(7) “Existing” means a process, event, or activity in an established area, producing sound subject to or exempt from this Chapter prior to the effective date of this Chapter.

(8) “Motorcycle” means any motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of a rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, except farm vehicles.

(9) “Motor vehicle” means any vehicle which is self-propelled, used primarily for transporting persons or property upon public highways and required to be licensed under RCW 46.16.010. Aircraft, watercraft, and vehicles used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks are not motor vehicles as that term is used herein.

(10) “Muffler” means a device consisting of a series of chambers or other mechanical designs for the purpose of receiving exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine and effective in reducing noise resulting therefrom.

(11) “Noise” means the intensity, duration, and character of sounds from any and all sources.

(12) “Off highway vehicle” means any self-propelled vehicle not used primarily for transporting persons or property upon public highways, nor required to be licensed under RCW 46.16.010.

(13) “Person” means and includes any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, fraternity, sorority and any association of natural persons, or any other entity, public or private.

(14) “Property boundary” means the surveyed line at ground surface, which separates the real property owned, rented, or leased by one or more persons from that owned, rented, or leased by one or more other persons, and its vertical extension. For the purposes of enforcement of this Chapter, the property boundary of multifamily units, including, but not limited to, duplexes, triplexes, apartment houses and condominiums, shall include the walls, ceilings, and floors of each unit.

(15) “Public highway” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained by the Washington State Department of Transportation, or any county or city, when any part thereof is generally open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel as a matter of right.

(16) “Receiving property” means real property within which sound originating from a source outside the property is received.

(17) “Sanctioned” means express permission or authorization for the conduct of an event or activity by a public agency having jurisdiction or control over the site of a proposed event.

(18) “Sound level” means the weighted sound pressure level measured by the use of a metering characteristic and weighted as specified in American National Standards Institute Specifications, Section 1.4-1971. The sound pressure level of a sound expressed in decibels is 20 times the logarithm to the base ten of the ratio of the pressure of the sound to the reference sound pressure of 20 micropascals. In the absence of any specific modifier, the level is understood to be that of a mean-square pressure.

(19) “Sound level meter” means a sound level measuring device, either Type I or Type II, as defined by American National Standards Institute Specifications, Section 1.4-1971.

(20) “Warning device” means any device intended to provide a warning of potentially hazardous, emergency, or illegal activities including, but not limited to, a burglar alarm, fire alarm, or a vehicle backup signal. (Ord. 05-8 §2, 2005; Ord. 99-26 §1, 1999; Ord. 88-4 §1, 1988; Ord. 82-50 §1, 1982; Ord. 82-20 §1, 1982).