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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9-201 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-201" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Decibel or dB.">
      <para num="(1)">“Decibel” or “dB” means the unit of measurement of relative sound intensity equal to 20 times the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of the effective sound pressure to a reference pressure of 20 micronewtons per square meter.</para>
      <para num="(2)">In formula,
dB = 20 Log&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt; P/P&lt;sub&gt;0&lt;/sub&gt;
where P is the average pressure of the measured sound, and P&lt;sub&gt;0&lt;/sub&gt; indicates the reference pressure considered to be the weakest audible pressure a young ear can detect under ideal listening conditions.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Person.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Person” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(a)"&gt;§ 1-107(a) {“Person: In general”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the City Code’s &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Qualified inclusion of governmental entities.">Notwithstanding &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(b)"&gt;§ 1-107(b) {“Person: Exclusion”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, in this subtitle “person” also includes, except as used in &lt;cite data-path="|health|§9-218"&gt;§ 9-218 {“Penalties”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, a governmental entity or an instrumentality or unit of a governmental entity.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Sound Level A or db(A).">“Sound level A” or “dB(A)” is the sound level in decibels, measured with a sound level meter that uses the A-weighting network or scale, as specified in ANSI S1.4 (“Specification for Sound Level Meters”), as amended from time to time.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Use.">“Use” means any activity, occupation, business, or operation that is conducted on land or in or on a street, building, pier, wharf, or other structure.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Zone, commercial.">“Zone, commercial” means any of the following zoning districts established under the Baltimore City Zoning Code:<para num="(1)">all Commercial Zoning Districts;</para>
      <para num="(2)">all OIC Office-Industrial Campus Zoning Districts;</para>
      <para num="(3)">all BSC Bio-Science Campus Zoning Districts;</para>
      <para num="(4)">all IMU-1 and IMU-2 Industrial Mixed-Use Zoning Districts; and</para>
      <para num="(5)">all TOD Transit-Oriented Development Zoning Districts.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Zone, manufacturing.">“Zone, manufacturing” means any of the following zoning districts established under the Baltimore City Zoning Code:<para num="(1)">all I-1 Light Industrial Zoning Districts;</para>
      <para num="(2)">all I-2 General Industrial Zoning Districts; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">all MI Maritime Industrial Zoning Districts.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Zone, residential.">“Zone, residential” means any of the following zoning districts established under the Baltimore City Zoning Code:<para num="(1)">all Residential Zoning Districts; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">all Office-Residential Zoning Districts.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §230 (parts)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-244</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
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</baltimore-city-law>
