[Ord. 1088, 6/13/1994, § 501]
The creation, within the Borough of Bristol, of any unnecessary
or excessive noise or of any noise of such character, intensity or
duration as to be detrimental to the health or safety of any individual
or in the disturbance of the public peace and welfare, or the aiding
and abetting in the creation of any such noise or suffering or permitting
any such noise to continue is hereby prohibited and shall constitute
unlawful conduct.
[Ord. 1088, 6/13/1994, § 502; as amended by Ord.
1178, 9/8/2003]
1.
Prohibited noise, within the meaning of this Part, is hereby defined
as follows:
A.
For any person at any time to use a horn or other warning device
otherwise than as a reasonable warning or to make any unnecessary,
unreasonable, loud or harsh sound by means of a horn or other warning
device.
B.
The playing of any radio, phonograph, tape or disc player or any
musical instrument in such a manner or with such volume as to annoy
or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any office,
hospital or any dwelling, hotel or other type of residence or of any
persons in the vicinity thereof. It shall be considered a violation
if the sound level is audible at a distance greater than 100 feet
from the location of such player or instrument.
C.
Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on the public streets
so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any persons
in any hospital, nursing home, personal care center, dwelling, hotel
or other type of residence or of any persons in the vicinity thereof.
D.
The creation of any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any
school, institution of learning, church or court, while the same are
in session, which unreasonably interferes with the workings of sessions
thereof and the making of any other noise so as to annoy the users
and/or occupants of such places or buildings as are herein defined.
E.
The running or idling of an engine of a parked truck within 300 feet
of a residential zone or district between the hours of 10:00 p.m.
to 7:00 a.m.
[Ord. 1088, 6/13/1994, § 503]
1.
None of the terms or prohibitions hereof shall apply to or be enforced
against:
A.
Any vehicle or personnel of the Borough of Bristol while engaged
upon necessary public business or vehicles responding to an emergency
call or acting in the time of emergency.
B.
Parades with band music on holidays or by civic organizations or
by churches, schools or divisions of schools.
C.
School sports events which may or may not be accompanied by cheering
and/or music.
D.
The reasonable use of amplifiers or loud speakers in the course of
public addresses which are noncommercial in character.
E.
Fireworks exhibits held under permit by the Borough of Bristol.
[Ord. 1088, 6/13/1994, § 504]
1.
Applications for a permit for relief from the noise level designated
in this Part on the basis of undue hardship may be made to the Borough
Manager or his duly authorized representative. Any permit granted
by the Borough Manager hereunder shall contain all conditions upon
which said permit has been granted and shall specify a reasonable
time that the permit shall be effective. The Borough Manager, or his
duly authorized representative, may grant the relief as applied for
if he finds:
A.
Additional time is necessary for the applicant to alter or modify
his activity or operation to comply with this Part.
B.
The activity, operation or noise source will be of temporary duration
and cannot be done in a manner that would comply with other subsections
of this section.
C.
No other reasonable alternative is available to the applicant.
2.
The Borough Manager may prescribe any conditions or requirements
he deems necessary to minimize adverse effects upon the community
or the surrounding neighborhood.
[Ord. 1088, 6/13/1994, § 505; as amended by Ord.
1295, 9/9/2013]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a magisterial district judge 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.
