No person shall wrongfully strike another or
be engaged in any fight or affray or be or appear in a drunken or
intoxicated condition in any public street, highway or public place
within the Township.
No person shall aid, assist, encourage or abet
any other person in the commission of any of the offenses prohibited
by this chapter or shall incite such commission.
[Amended 5-10-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-1]
A. It is a
public nuisance and considered to be disturbing the peace and injurious
to the public's interest for any person, whether a tenant, owner,
or otherwise, to permit at any time the continued or intermittent
use or operation of devices or making any other loud, unnecessary
noise which creates a physically offensive condition and which serves
no legitimate purpose which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers
the comfort, health, safety or peace of others and which can be heard
150 feet from the source. This shall include, but is not limited to,
loudspeakers, radios, stereos, sound devices or other apparatus, the
unnecessary blowing of horns or any other noises.
B. Under no
circumstance, unless permission is granted by the Board of Supervisors,
shall a person permit noise to be able to be heard on any neighboring
property between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
C. Property
owners shall not permit tenants and/or guest(s) to engage in disruptive
conduct which creates loud, unnecessary noise which creates a physically
offensive condition and which serves no legitimate purpose. Owners
who permit or tolerate any tenant and/or any invited and/or uninvited
guest(s) to engage in disruptive conduct shall be subject to the following
civil enforcement proceedings and civil fines, which proceedings are
intended to promote owner management and control of leased premises
and the elimination of unsafe and/or problematic tenants and visitors.
No person shall permit or commit the unnecessary
blowing of horns or the making of unnecessary loud noises in or upon
the streets of the Township except for the proper use of horns or
other devices as reasonable warning in accordance with traffic laws.
Penalties for violation of this chapter shall be as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II.