Town of Falmouth, MA
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2023-11-14
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Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 231 Waterways
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Article VII Noise Restriction
- The Charter
- Ch C Falmouth Home Rule Charter
- The Code
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Aging, Council on
- Ch 9 Assessors
- Ch 13 Auditing
- Ch 21 Boards
- Ch 25 Cemeteries
- Ch 27 Code Book
- Ch 29 Committees and Commissions
- Ch 35 Elections
- Ch 36 Falmouth Historic District
- Ch 38 Finance, Department of
- Ch 42 Housing Authority
- Ch 49 Meetings, Town
- Ch 53 Officers and Employees
- Ch 58 Personnel
- Ch 60 Security Posted in Connection With Licenses, Permits and Approvals
- Ch 65 Selectmen, Board of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 75 Alarm Systems
- Ch 79 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 83 Animals
- Ch 87 Beaches
- Ch 91 Boats and Boating
- Ch 95 Building Construction
- Ch 99 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 103 Camping and Tenting
- Ch 105 Collection Containers
- Ch 107 Demolition
- Ch 110 Disaster and Emergency Management
- Ch 119 Fees
- Ch 123 Fire Prevention
- Ch 135 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 136 Secondhand Dealers and Secondhand Collectors
- Ch 137 Revolving Funds
- Ch 140 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 144 Loitering
- Ch 150 Noise
- Ch 156 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 160 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 164 Property, Damage to
- Ch 168 Public Records, Access to
- Ch 172 Rental Property
- Ch 174 Right to Farm
- Ch 176 Sales, Special
- Ch 178 Scenic Roads
- Ch 180 Sewers and Septic Systems
- Ch 184 Signs
- Ch 191 Solid Waste
- Ch 195 Smoking
- Ch 199 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 201 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 203 Swimming Pools
- Ch 207 Town Property, Use of
- Ch 208 Trailers
- Ch 213 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 219 Vending Machines
- Ch 223 Water
- Ch 227 Watershed Protection
- Ch 231 Waterways
- Ch 231 Art VII Noise Restriction
- § 231-41 Motorboard noise.
- Ch 235 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 237 Nitrogen Control
- Ch 240 Zoning
- Division 2: Board of Selectmen Regulations
- Ch 248 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 251 EEO/Affirmative Action
- Ch 255 Ambulance Service
- Ch 268 Mobile Food Servers
- Ch 269 Mooring Regulations
- Ch 275 Shellfish and Herring
- Ch 277 Stormwater Management Rules and Regulations
- Ch 280 Vehicles for Hire
- Division 3: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 300 Special Permits and Site Plan Reviews
- Ch 305 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 310 Zoning Board of Appeals Procedural Rules
- Ch 311 Zoning Board of Appeals Comprehensive Permit Rules
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch FHR Falmouth Health Regulations
- Ch FPWR Falmouth Department of Public Works Regulations
- Ch FWR Wetlands Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A315 Acceptances of General Laws
- Ch A320 Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Added ATM 4-8-2003, Art. 38]
A.
Every motorboat operated on the waters of Falmouth shall
be equipped at all times with a muffler on the exhaust of its engine or an
underwater exhaust as required by Chapter 90B, Section 6 of the General Laws.
B.
No person shall operate a motorboat on the waters of
Falmouth in a manner to permit the production of sound from its engine that
equals or exceeds;
(1)
Ninety decibels on the "A" scale when subjected to a
stationary sound level measurement at a distance greater than three feet from
the stern with its engine at idle speed, or
(2)
Seventy-five decibels on the "A" scale when subjected
to the stationary sound level measurement from the shoreline or edges of the
harbors.
C.
The Harbor Master, Assistant Harbor Master or police
officer who has reason to believe that a motorboat is not in compliance with
noise levels established in this section may direct the operator of the motorboat
to submit it to an on-site test to measure the level of the sound emitted
by the motorboat's engine. The operator shall comply with that direction.
The Harbor Master, Assistant Harbor Master, or police officer may remain aboard
the motorboat during the test at his discretion. If the level of sound emitted
by the motorboat's engines exceeds the sound levels established in this
section, the Harbor Master, Assistant Harbor Master, or police officer may
direct the operator to take immediate and reasonable measures to correct the
violation, including returning the motorboat to a mooring or dock, stopping
the motor and keeping the boat there until the violation is corrected or ceases.
D.
This section shall not apply to the operations of dredges,
commercial vessels engaged in construction or demolition work, tugboats, or
to auxiliary engines on commercial vessels that do not propel the vessel through
water.
