The responsibility of noise control in Ship Bottom is being divvied up between the Long Beach Island Department of Health and borough code and law enforcement officers, according to a new ordinance adopted by the governing body last week.

The LBI Health Department will act as the noise control officer, defined in the measure as “an employee of a local, county, or regional health agency,” certified to conduct noise enforcement activities. An NCO can also be an employee of a town with a N.J.