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 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 19. NOISE

  § 19-7. Special noise restrictions.  

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  • The following special noise restrictions are hereby established without regard to their distance impact unless specifically noted in this subsection and shall be enforced without the warning procedures hereinafter prescribed:

    (a)

    Motor vehicles horns. It shall be unlawful for any person to sound a horn or other signaling device on any motor vehicle except as an emergency or danger warning signal.

    (b)

    Radios, phonographs, etc. It shall be unlawful to operate any radio, phonograph, loudspeaker or other such noise-producing device upon public streets, rights-of-way or parks if the noise is audible thirty (30) feet from the noise-producing device, unless a permit has been issued by the town administrator.

    (c)

    Muffler cutoffs. It shall be unlawful to use a muffler cutout, bypass or similar device on any motor vehicle.

    (d)

    Selling by outcry. It shall be unlawful to sell anything by outcry except during daytime hours when authorized by permit or as part of a sporting event, parade, fair, circus or other entertainment event authorized by the town administrator.

    (e)

    Amplified musical instruments. It shall be unlawful for any person to use any drum or amplified musical instrument upon the streets, other public rights-of-way or parks without a permit issued by the town administrator.

    (f)

    Hours. It shall be unlawful between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. to operate any radio, record player, audio system, television set, or to create noise in any other way audible to others located or living nearby, or so as to disturb the peace and quiet of any neighborhood, unless an exemption or permit is granted for a specific event. The maximum permissible sound levels for nighttime are set in section 19-4 of this chapter.

    (g)

    Mechanically powered tools. It shall be unlawful to operate or permit the operation of any mechanically powered saw, drill, sander, grinder, lawn or garden tool, snowblower or similar device in residential areas during nighttime hours so as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary. These actions are prohibited before 9:00 a.m. on Sundays.

    (h)

    Disturbances in noise-sensitive zones. It shall be unlawful to load, unload, open, close or otherwise to handle boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans or similar objects between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day in such manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary or within a noise-sensitive zone. These actions are prohibited on Sundays and Christmas Day, and before 8:00 a.m. on Saturdays.

    (i)

    Alarm signals. It shall be unlawful to allow an alarm signal to sound, either continuously or at intervals, for a period of thirty (30) minutes or more if such sound is audible from a distance of at least thirty (30) feet from the source of the sound and/or disturbs the peace and good order of the neighborhood. The owner of the real or personal property that is the source of the above sound shall be presumed to have knowledge of this sound.

(Ord. No. O-8-93, 12-9-93)