[Adopted 6-27-2006 by Ord. No. 1214]
No person, firm or corporation, being the owner or person in
possession of a motor vehicle on a public roadway with any radio,
phonograph, television, disk player, tape player, loudspeaker or any
other instrument, machine or device producing amplified sound from
recording media of any type, shall cause or permit any sound or noise
to emanate from the motor vehicle in such a manner and to be of such
intensity and duration to create unreasonable noise or loud sound
which causes inconvenience and annoyance to persons of ordinary sensibilities.
It shall be prima facie unlawful for a person, firm or corporation,
being the owner or person in possession of a motor vehicle on a public
roadway with a device described above, to cause or permit any noise
emanating from a motor vehicle which is plainly audible at a distance
of 50 feet or greater from the motor vehicle. The lawful use of a
motor vehicle horn shall not be a violation of this section.
This article shall not apply to any of the following circumstances:
A. The sound-amplifying equipment of a motor vehicle is being operated
to request medical or vehicular assistance or to warn others of a
hazardous road, vehicle or safety condition;
B. The motor vehicle is a emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle
and is on an emergency run;
C. The motor vehicle is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
any political subdivision thereof or a public utility;
D. The motor vehicle is participating in a parade or other activity
for which the sponsors have obtained the necessary permit(s) or authorization(s);
and/or
E. The sound-amplifying equipment of the motor vehicle is being operated
as a requirement of federal, state or local law.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate this article
shall, upon conviction thereof before a Magisterial District Judge,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300
plus the costs of prosecution.
An action or proceeding commenced under the authority of this
article shall be an action or proceeding within the meaning of 42
Pa.C.S.A. § 6143, whereby the registration number of the
motor vehicle shall give rise to an inference that the person to whom
the registration number is officially assigned is the owner of the
motor vehicle and was then operating the motor vehicle.
[Adopted 6-27-2006 by Ord. No. 1215]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$600 and/or be imprisoned for a term not to exceed 10 days.