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Borough of Montgomery, PA
Lycoming County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of Montgomery Borough as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Disorderly conduct — See Ch. 163.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 435.
[Adopted 12-14-2010 by Ord. No. 4-2010]
This article shall be known as the "Montgomery Borough Engine Suppression/Brake Retarder/Engine Brake Ordinance."
The Borough Council of the Borough of Montgomery, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, finds as a fact that the operation of an engine brake or an engine suppression device or a compression brake on a gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle not equipped with exhaust mufflers, or equipped with defective or modified exhaust mufflers, so as to create excessive noise through the use of said engine brake or engine suppression device or compression brake, adversely affects the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Borough of Montgomery and, therefore, is a nuisance in fact.
No gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle shall be operated on the streets, roads, alleys or highways listed below within the Borough of Montgomery, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, utilizing, in said operation, an engine brake, engine suppression device or compression brake, without exhaust mufflers, or with defective or modified exhaust mufflers, permitting excessive noise to be created by said motor vehicle.
The streets subject to this prohibition shall be as follows:
A. 
Main Street; and
B. 
Montgomery Street; and
C. 
Second Street.
This article shall not apply to emergency driving situations requiring the utilization of an engine brake to protect the safety and property of the residents of Montgomery, other motor vehicle operators, pedestrians, and the operator and passengers of the motor vehicle involved in said emergency situation.
Any person, firm, corporation or organization violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon summary conviction before a Magisterial District Judge having jurisdiction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300 and costs of prosecution and, in default of the payment thereof, shall be sentenced to undergo imprisonment in any county jail for a period not to exceed 10 days.