[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Richmond 6-19-1979 by L.L. No. 2-1979. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the
Town of Richmond to prevent loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise.
It is the intent to reduce noise to preserve, protect and promote
the public health, safety and welfare and to foster convenience, peace
and quiet within the town. Toward this end it is provided as follows:
A.
Between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., minibikes,
motorcycles and similar motor-propelled cycles shall not be operated
on private property closer than 200 feet to a place of residence except
that of the owner or operator or a place of residence to which the
owner or operator has been invited.
B.
The following acts and noises are prohibited in the
Town of Richmond:
(1)
Radios, phonographs, etc. The using, operating or
permitting to be played, used or operated any radio receiving set,
musical instrument, phonograph or other machine or device for the
producing or reproducing of sound in such manner as to disturb the
peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants or at any
time with louder volume than is necessary for convenient hearing for
the person or persons who are in the room, vehicle or chamber in which
such machine or device is operated and who are voluntary listeners
thereto. The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine
or device between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in such a
manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet from the
building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima
facie evidence of a violation of this section.
(2)
Exhausts. The discharge into the open air of the exhaust
of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine or motor
vehicle except through a muffler or other device which will effectively
prevent loud or explosive noises therefrom.
(3)
The excessive squealing of vehicle tires or other
noise of tires or the motor produced by the vehicle operator accelerating
or decelerating the vehicle speed unnecessarily so as to produce such
noise, which such acceleration or deceleration is not required for
proper vehicle operation under the conditions existing.
[Amended 3-10-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009]
Any person who violates this chapter shall be
guilty of a violation, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject
to a fine of not less than $100, and not more than $500, or imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both.
