[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Snow Hill 12-11-1990
as Ord. No. 1990-6. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue or cause to be
made or continued any loud, unnecessary, unnatural or unusual noise or any
noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose,
health, peace or safety of others within the corporate limits of the Town
of Snow Hill.
The following acts, among others, are hereby declared to be loud, disturbing
and unnecessary noises in violation of this chapter, but said enumeration
shall not be deemed to be exclusive:
A.Â
The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile,
motorcycle or other vehicle on any street, way, avenue or alley or other public
place of the Town of Snow Hill except as a danger warning; the creation, by
means of any such signaling device, of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound;
and the sounding of any such device for an unreasonable or unnecessary length
of time; the use of any horn, whistle or other device operated by engine exhaust;
and the use of any such signaling device when traffic is for any reason held
up.
B.Â
The using, operating or permitting to be played, used
or operated any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph or other
machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such manner
as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants
or at any time with louder volume than is necessary for the convenient hearing
for the person or persons who are in the room, vehicle or chamber in which
such machine or device is operated and who are voluntary listeners thereto.
The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device between
the hours of 12:00 midnight and 7:00 a.m. in such a manner as to be plainly
audible at a distance of fifty (50) feet from the building, structure or vehicle
in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation
of this chapter.
C.Â
Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on the
public streets, particularly between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 7:00
a.m., or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort
or repose of persons in any dwelling, hotel or other type of residence or
any persons in the vicinity.
Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a misdemeanor
and shall be punishable by a fine of fifty dollars ($50.) for the first offense
and a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or imprisonment
for not more than six (6) months, or both, for the second and each subsequent
offense.
