[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the City of Harrington 3-2-1998 by Ord. No. 98-01. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
Any person or any group of individuals acting
singly or in concert violating this chapter shall be guilty of a violation
and shall forfeit and pay a fine of not less than $10 nor more than
$25 and costs of prosecution for the first offense, and for the second
offense thereof shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100
and costs of prosecution.
A.
The making, creating or permitting of any unreasonably
loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise within the corporate limits
of the City is hereby prohibited.
B.
The making, creating or permitting of any noise of
such character, intensity or duration as to be detrimental to the
life, health or welfare of an individual or which either disturbs,
injures or endangers the comfort, repose, peace or safety of any individual
is hereby prohibited.
The following acts, among others, are declared
to be unreasonably loud, disturbing and unnecessary noises in violation
of this chapter, but such enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive,
namely:
A.
Blowing horns: the sounding of any horn or signal
device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle, except
as a danger signal, so as to create any unreasonably loud or harsh
sound, or the sounding of such device for any unnecessary and unreasonable
period of time.
B.
Radios, phonographs, tape recorders, etc.: the playing
of any radio, phonograph, tape recorder or any musical instrument
in such manner or with such volume, particularly during hours between
11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort
or repose of any person in any dwelling, hotel or other type of residence,
or between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. so as to annoy or
disturb the peace and quiet of pedestrians on the public streets and
sidewalks of the City.
C.
Pets: the keeping of any animal or bird which, by
causing frequent or long-continued noise, shall disturb the comfort
and repose of any person in the vicinity.
D.
Use of vehicles: the use of any automobile, truck,
motorcycle, motorbike, moped, motor scooter, dirt bike, boat motors,
or other self-propelled vehicle, whether licensed and registered to
operate on the public highways of this state or not, so designed,
loaded, out of repair or operated in such manner as to create unreasonably
loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise.
E.
Loudspeakers or amplifiers: the use of mechanical
loudspeakers or amplifiers, whether stationary or mounted on a vehicle
for advertising or other purposes; provided that in the exercise of
free speech, loudspeakers or amplifiers may be used for noncommercial
purposes except under the following conditions:
[Amended 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 08-07]
(1)
It shall be unlawful to speak into a loudspeaker or
amplifier within the corporate limits of the City between the hours
of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(2)
It shall be unlawful for any person to speak into
a loudspeaker or amplifier within the corporate limits of the City,
when such loudspeaker or amplifier is so adjusted that the voice of
the speaker is amplified to the extent that it is audible at a distance
in excess of 150 feet from the person speaking.
