[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Wilkinsburg as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-31-1972 as part of Ch.
XV, Part I, of the 1972 Code]
No person, for commercial purposes, shall erect
or locate any device or apparatus in the front of or on the exterior
of his or her premises in the Borough of Wilkinsburg which shall by
mechanical or electrical means emit any loud sounds or noises, so
as to annoy or disturb passersby on the public thoroughfares or the
general public.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to any announcement or broadcasting of any international, national
or state events of public interest.
[Amended 11-30-1994 by Ord. No. 2472]
A.
Any person
violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution,
and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment
for not more than 30 days.
B.
The Borough
may institute proceedings under this section by the issuance of a
"notice of violation letter," assessing a civil penalty ranging from
$10 to $1,000 for each offense, and provide the parties in violation
of said Code section the opportunity to abate the violation and pay
said civil penalty in lieu of the institution of proceedings and the
imposition of the other stated penalties set forth herein.
[Added 5-9-2012 by Ord. No. 2892]
[Adopted 8-27-1997 by Ord. No. 2563]
It shall be unlawful for any person to make,
continue or cause to be made or continued any loud, unnecessary or
unusual noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers
the comfort, repose, health, welfare, safety, peace or quiet of other
persons within the Borough of Wilkinsburg.
No person shall sound any horn or any signaling
device on any automobile, motorcycle, or motor-bicycle or other vehicle
in any street or public place of the Borough of Wilkinsburg, except
as a danger warning signal; nor activate any such signal device that
is unreasonably loud or harsh; nor shall any person sound any such
device for an unnecessary and unreasonable period of time; nor shall
any air horn be used.
No persons shall operate any motor vehicle or
motorcycle or motor scooter in the Borough of Wilkinsburg without
an appropriate muffling device on the exhaust system of said vehicle
in order to prevent any unnecessary and unreasonably loud or harsh
sound.
No person shall use, operate or permit to be
played any radio receiving set, musical instrument, television, phonograph,
CD player, cassette player or other machine or device for producing
or reproducing of sound in such a manner as to disturb the peace,
quiet or comfort of neighboring inhabitants or at any time with louder
volume than is necessary for convenient hearing for the person or
persons who are in the room, vehicle, chamber or building in which
such machine or device is operated and who are voluntary listeners
thereto. The operation of any such sound-producing machine or device
between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such a manner as
to be plainly audible at a distance of 25 feet from the building,
structure or vehicle in which the sound-producing machine or device
is located is prohibited.
No person shall use, operate or permit to be
played, used or operated any sound-amplifying machine for producing
or reproducing of sound which is cast upon the public streets for
the purpose of advertising, marketing or sale of good or services.
No person shall yell, shout, hoot, whistle or
sing on the public streets between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 7:00
a.m.; nor at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet,
comfort or repose of persons in any building or of any persons in
the vicinity.
The keeping of any animal or bird which causes
frequent or long continued noise which disturbs the comfort or repose
of any person in the vicinity is prohibited.
The erection, excavation, demolition, alteration,
construction or repair of any building other than between the hours
of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., except in the case of urgent necessity
in the interest of public health and safety, is prohibited.
No person shall create any excessive noise on
any street adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church
or other public building while the same is in use, which noise unreasonably
interferes with the workings of such institution or which disturbs
or unduly annoys the pupils, churchgoers or other person inside such
building.
No peddler, hawker or vendor shall shout or
otherwise cry his wares which disturbs the peace and quiet of the
neighborhood.
The operation between the hours of 9:00 p.m.
and 7:00 a.m. of any pile driver, steam or power shovel, excavating
equipment, pneumatic hammer, steam or electric hoist or other appliance,
apparatus, equipment or machinery, the use of which is attended by
loud or unusual noise, is prohibited, except in the case of urgent
necessity in the interest of public health and safety.
A.
Any person
who violates any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $1,000 and the costs of prosecution and, in default of the payment
thereof, to be sentenced to undergo imprisonment in the county jail
for a period of not more than 30 days.
B.
The Borough
may institute proceedings under this section by the issuance of a
"notice of violation letter," assessing a civil penalty ranging from
$10 to $1,000 for each offense, and provide the parties in violation
of said Code section the opportunity to abate the violation and pay
said civil penalty in lieu of the institution of proceedings and the
imposition of the other stated penalties set forth herein.
[Added 5-9-2012 by Ord. No. 2892]
