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e e Nonresidential property shall mean any real property within the limits of the city which is not included in the definition of residential property as defined in this section. Person--Refer to section 1-2 of this Code. Property line shall mean the line along the ground surface, and its vertical extension, which separates the real property owned, leased or occupied by one person from that owned, leased or occupied by another person and the imaginary line which represents the legal limits of property of any person who owns, leases or otherwise occupies an apartment, condominium, hotel or motel room, office or any other type of occupancy. Public right-of-way shall mean any street, avenue, boulevard, highway, road, thoroughfare, sidewalk, alley or any other property which is owned or controlled by a governmental entity. Residential property shall mean any real property used for human habitation and which contains living facilities, including provisions for sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation, unless such premises are actually occupied and used primarily for purposes other than human habitation. Sound shall mean any pressure variation that can be detected by the human ear. Sound level shall mean the weighted sound pressure level measured by the use of a metering characteristic and weighted as specified in American National Standards Institute Specifications. The sound pressure level of a sound expressed in decibels is 20 micropascals. If the frequency weighting employed is not indicated, the A-weighting shall apply. Sound level meter shall mean an instrument, which includes a microphone, amplifier, root mean square (RMS) detector, integrator, time average, output meter or weighting network, that is sensitive to pressure fluctuations. The instrument reads sound pressure level when properly calibrated with an acoustical calibrator accurate to +/- two Db (A) and is of type II so specified in ANSI publications. Sound nuisance shall mean any sound which either exceeds the maximum permitted sound levels specified in section 34-92 of this article, or otherwise unreasonably disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the limits of the city. Sound Official shall mean the Chief of Police or designee of the City of La Porte. vibration shall mean any oscillatory motion of solid bodies described by displacement, velocity or acceleration." 2