§ 17-131. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

Commercial means an area composed of certain lands and structures used primarily to provide for the retailing of goods and furnishing of selected services.

Industrial means an area intended for light manufacturing, processing, storage and warehousing, wholesaling and distribution.

Land use category means the classification of an area, such as single-family residential, manufactured home, two-family residential, townhouse, multiple-family residential, general office, medical service, business within or adjacent to residential or noise sensitive areas such that the sound therefrom is plainly audible across the real property line or the source; provided, however that this shall not apply to any public performance, gathering or parade for which a permit has been obtained from the parish government.

Motor vehicle means a two- or more wheeled vehicle, or machine, propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used on the public roads and highways in the transportation of passengers or property; or any combination thereof, which is required to be licensed, but does not include any vehicle, locomotive or car operated exclusively on rail or rails.

Multifamily dwellings means a building designed for or occupied by five (5) or more families.

Noise sensitive area means an area where a school, hospital, nursing home, church, court or public library is located.

Person means an individual, association, partnership, corporation and include any officer, employee, department, agency or instrumentality of the United States.

Powered motor vehicle means any self-propelled airborne, waterborne, or landborne plane, vessel or vehicle which is not designated to carry person, including, but not limited to, any model airplane, boat, car or rocket.

Public right-of-way means any street, avenue, boulevard, highway, sidewalk, alley or similar place normally accessible to the public which is owned or controlled by a governmental entity.

Public space means any real property or structure thereon owned by a governmental entity and normally accessible to the public, including, but not limited to parks and other recreational areas.

Real property line means a line along the surface and its vertical plane extension, which separates the real property owned, rented, or leased by one (1) person from that owned, rented, or leased by another person, excluding intra-building real property division.

Residential area means an area composed of certain lands and structures having single-family, two-family or multifamily residential characteristics.

Sound level means the A-weighted sound pressure level obtained by use of a sound level meter as specified in American National Standards Institute Specifications for sound level meters (ANSI SI.4-1971, as amended).

(Ord. No. 95-21, § 1, 1-26-95; Ord. No. 95-30, § 1, 1-26-95)