[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Wilkins 9-9-1974 as Ord. No. 561. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
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, peace or safety
of others within the Township of Wilkins limits.
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 Township of Wilkins 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 person shall operate any motor vehicle or motorcycle or motor scooter
in the Township of Wilkins 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 or other machine or device
for producing or reproducing sound in such a manner as to disturb the peace,
quiet and comfort of neighboring inhabitants, nor shall machines or devices
be operated 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 or open lot in or on in which such machine or device is operated
and who are voluntary listeners thereto. The operation of any such instrument,
machine or device in such a manner as to be audible at a distance of 50 feet
from the building, structure, vehicle or open lot in which it is located is
prohibited.
No person shall use, operate or permit to be played, used or operated
any sound-amplifying machine for the producing or reproducing of sound which
is cast upon the public streets for the purpose of advertising.
No person shall yell, shout, hoot, whistle or sing on the public streets
between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., nor anytime 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, including 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 are in use which unreasonably interferes with the workings of such
institution or which disturbs or unduly annoys the pupils, churchgoers or
others 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. to 7:00 a.m. of any pile
driver, steam or power shovel, excavating equipment, pneumatic hammer, steam
or electric hoist or other appliance, the use of which is attended by loud
or unusual noise, is prohibited.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600
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
30 days.
