[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and it shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to make or cause or suffer or
permit to be made or cause, upon any premises owned, occupied or controlled
by him or it or upon any public street, alley or thoroughfare in the
Township of North Strabane, any unnecessary noises or sounds by means
of the human voice or by any other means or methods which are physically
annoying to the comfort of any person or which are so harsh or so
prolonged or unnatural or unusual in their use, time and place as
to occasion physical discomfort, or which are injurious to the lives,
health, peace and comfort of the inhabitants of said Township or any
member thereof.
[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
No person, persons, firm or corporation shall play, use or operate
or knowingly permit to be played, used or operated any radio receiving
set, musical instrument, phonograph, sound amplifier, loudspeaker,
or other machine, or device for the reproduction of sound upon property
(real or personal) or premises owned, occupied or used by him, them
or it, which is not measured and regulated by decibels, so that the
sound coming from such machine can be audibly heard at a distance
greater than 100 feet from the property or premises wherein such machine
or device is located. Nothing herein contained shall be construed
to prohibit the playing of a band or orchestra in any concert hall,
auditorium, or public park, nor the utilization of such sound producing
devices by charitable or nonprofit groups for the general purpose
of public announcements or public events.
[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
1.
No person shall operate a sound truck or loudspeaker on the streets
or public places of the Township of North Strabane without first obtaining
a permit therefor from the Township Manager. Such permit shall not
be transferrable from person to person or from sound truck to sound
truck and may not be extended as to the date it shall be used, nor
shall any permit for the operation of such sound truck be issued for
use earlier than 8:00 a.m. or later than 9:00 p.m. of the prevailing
local time. Every application for a permit shall be accompanied by
a permit fee as determined by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
pursuant to resolution and no such permit shall be issued until the
prescribed fee shall have been paid.
2.
The application for such permit shall be filed in duplicate with
the Township Manager, and the permit issued shall be limited in accordance
with the information contained in such application, which shall set
forth the following:
A.
Name and home address of the applicant.
B.
Business address of applicant.
C.
Name and address of owner of sound truck.
D.
Make and license number of sound truck.
E.
Name and address of person operating sound truck.
F.
Name and address of person operating sound equipment.
G.
The purpose for which sound truck will be used.
H.
The proposed hours of operation of sound truck.
I.
A certificate from an engineer that such amplifying machine is so
equipped and regulated by decibels that the sound coming from such
machine cannot be audibly heard at a distance greater than 100 feet
from the sound truck or amplifying machine.
3.
After the issuance of the said permit, the Township Manager shall
return one certified copy of the application to the permittee, together
with the permit, which must be in the possession of the operator of
the sound truck during such time as the sound-amplifying equipment
is in operation. Such certified application and permit shall, upon
request, be promptly exhibited to any police officer of the Township.
4.
No permit, so issued, may be used which attracts the attention of
motorists or pedestrians, causing the blocking of streets and thereby
creating a traffic congestion and hazard.
[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
sound any horn or warning device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus
or other vehicle except when required by law or to give timely warning
of impending danger to persons driving other vehicles or to persons
upon the street. No person shall sound any horn or warning device
on any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle which shall emit
an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or for any unnecessary or unreasonable
period of time.
[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985; as amended by Ord. 240, 10/28/1997]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and,
in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each Section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
