[Amended 11-8-2000 by L.L. No. 6-2000]
A. 
No person shall make, aid, countenance, encourage or assist in making any excessive or improper noise, riot or disturbance to the annoyance or inconvenience of the public or of persons residing in the vicinity.
B. 
Any and all construction, whether with or without a building permit, occurring both inside or outside a building or structure, including excavation, demolition, alteration or repair of any building, shall be permitted only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no construction, including excavation, demolition, alteration or repair of any building or structure, and whether with or without a building permit, may be conducted outside any building or structure, or inside any building or structure in such manner as to emit noise audible at the property line, on Saturday, Sunday, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
[Amended 11-15-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012; 9-12-2019 by L.L. No. 6-2019]
No person owning, occupying or having charge of any building or premises or any part thereof in the Village of Lawrence shall cause, suffer or allow any loud, excessive or unusual noise in the operation or use of any radio, phonograph or other mechanical or electrical sound-making or sound-reproducing device, instrument or machine, which loud, excessive or unusual noise shall disturb the comfort, quiet or repose of persons therein or in the vicinity.
No person shall use or operate or cause to be used or operated, in front or outside of any building. place or premises or in or through any window, doorway or opening of such building, place or premises abutting on or adjacent to a public street or place, any device or apparatus for the amplification of sound from any radio, phonograph or other sound-making or sound-reproducing device.
[Added 5-12-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
It shall be prima facie evidence that an activity has created unreasonable noise if it measures in excess of the standards set forth below for continuous sound levels. An activity that does not measure in excess of the standards may still be deemed to have created unreasonable noise if it violates any of the prohibitions set forth in § 144-5, 144-6, 144-7 or 144-9 of this chapter.
A. 
No person shall make, cause, allow, or permit the operation of any source of sound on a particular category of property or any public space or right-of-way in such a manner as to create a sound level that exceeds the particular continuous sound level limits set forth in Table I when measured at or within the real property line of the receiving property, except as provided in Subsection B.
B. 
When measuring noise within a dwelling unit of a multidwelling-unit building, all exterior doors and windows shall be closed and the measurements shall be taken in the center of the room.
TABLE I
Sound Limits
Residential Area
(dBA)
Commercial Area
(dBA)
7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
65
70
10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
50
60
C. 
Motor vehicles.
(1) 
Motor vehicle sound level limits and equipment shall be in compliance with provisions of any state law, including, but not limited to, §§ 386 and 375 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law governing the emission of sound from public highways.
(2) 
No person shall operate or permit to be operated any motor vehicle off of a public highway at any time, at any speed or under any condition or grade, load, acceleration or deceleration or in any manner whatsoever, as to exceed 86 dBA. The limit shall apply at a distance of 50 feet from such motor vehicle.
[Added 5-12-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
A. 
It shall be prima facie evidence that an activity has created unreasonable noise if it measures in excess of the standards set forth below for impulsive sound levels. An activity that does not measure in excess of the standards may still be deemed to have created unreasonable noise if it violates any of the prohibitions set forth in § 144-5, 144-6, 144-7 or 144-8 of this chapter.
B. 
No person shall make, cause, allow or permit the operation of any impulsive source of sound within any and all property in the Village which has a peak sound pressure level in excess of 80 Db, measured on the C-weighted scale, when measured at the property line. If an impulsive sound is the result of the normal operation of an industrial or commercial facility and occurs more frequently than four times in any hour, the levels set forth in Table I shall apply.