[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Harmony 12-4-2018 by Ord. No.
18-11. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Wherever the following terms are used in this chapter, unless
otherwise specified, they shall have the following meanings:
- PERSON
- Includes an individual, firm, corporation, association, society and partnership and any agent, servant or employee of any of the above.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to commit or allow nuisances as hereinafter defined in § 117-3.
The following matters, things, conditions or acts, and each
of them, are hereby declared to be a nuisance and injurious to the
health, safety, welfare or convenience of the inhabitants of the Township
of Harmony:
A.
Pollution, or the existence of a condition or conditions which cause
or threaten pollution, of any waters within the Township of Harmony
in such manner as to cause or threaten injury to any of the inhabitants
of the Township of Harmony in their health, safety, welfare and convenience
either in their person or property.
B.
The escape into the open air from any stack, vent, chimney or any
entrance to the open air, or from any fire into the open air, of such
quantities of smoke, soot, fly ash, dust, fumes, vapors, mists or
gases as to cause injury, detriment or annoyance to the inhabitants
of the Township of Harmony or endanger their comfort, repose, health,
safety or property.
C.
Spitting upon any public sidewalk or upon any part of the interior
of any building or public conveyance.
D.
The making, continuing or causing to be made or continued by any person of any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise or any noise which does or is likely to annoy, disturb or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others. Without intending to limit the generality of § 117-3D, the following acts are hereby declared to be examples of loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise in violation of this section:
(1)
Radios; televisions; phonographs: the playing, use or operation of
any radio receiving set, television, musical instrument, phonograph
or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound
in such a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of neighboring
inhabitants or with louder volume than is necessary for convenient
hearing for persons who are in the room, vehicle or chamber in which
the machine or device is operated and who are voluntary listeners.
The operation of such a set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device
so that it is clearly audible at a distance of 100 feet from the building,
structure, or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie
evidence of a violation of this section.
(2)
Yelling; shouting: yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing
on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 11:00 p.m.
and 7:00 a.m., or at any time or place, which annoys or disturbs the
quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any office, dwelling, hotel,
motel or other type of residence or of any persons in the vicinity.
(3)
Animals; birds: the keeping of animals or birds which, by causing
frequent or long-continued noise, disturb the comfort or repose of
any person in the vicinity; but nothing herein contained is intended
to apply to a dog pound or kennel licensed.
(4)
Horns: the sounding of a horn or warning device on an automobile,
motorcycle, bus or other vehicle except when required by law, or when
necessary to give timely warning of the approach of the vehicle, or
as a warning of impending danger or to persons driving other vehicles
or to persons on the street. No person shall sound a horn or warning
device on an automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle which emits
for an unreasonable period of time.
E.
The growth, existence or presence of ragweed on any plot of land,
lot, highway, right-of-way or any other public or private place.
F.
The growth, existence or presence of poison ivy, poison oak or poison
sumac within 20 feet of any property line.
G.
The existence or presence of any water or other liquid in which mosquito
larvae breed or exist.
H.
The existence or presence of any accumulation of garbage, refuse,
manure or animal or vegetable matter which may attract flies or to
which flies may have access or in which fly larvae or pupae may breed
or exist.
I.
Depositing, accumulating or maintaining any matter or thing which
serves as food for insects or rodents and to which they may have access,
or which serves as or constitutes a breeding place or harborage for
insects or rodents in or on any land, premises, building or other
place.
J.
Any act, matter, thing or condition which is or may become detrimental
or a menace to the health of the inhabitants of the Township of Harmony
or which is or may become an annoyance or interfere with the comfort
or general well-being of the inhabitants of the Township of Harmony.
The provisions of this article may be enforced by the police
agencies of the Township of Harmony, the Township Zoning Officer or
upon the filing of a complaint in the Municipal Court of the Township
of Harmony by any inhabitant of the Township of Harmony, either with
or without prior notice to the person committing a violation of this
chapter.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not more than $1,000
or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both, for each violation.
Each day that said violation continues shall be deemed a separate
and distinct violation.
