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§ 135-5 Unreasonable noise prohibited.
[Amended 7-16-2009 by L.L. No. 7-2009]
Any of the following acts and causes thereof which annoy, disturb,
injure or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace, safety or welfare
of a reasonable person of normal sensibilities are declared to be
in violation of this chapter and to constitute unreasonable noise:
A. No person who owns or has immediate control over an animal shall
permit such animal to cause annoyance, alarm, or noise disturbance
for more than 15 minutes at any time of the day or night by repeated
barking, whining, screeching, howling, braying or other like sounds
which can be heard beyond the boundary of such person's property.
B. The shouting, yelling, crying or hooting of peddlers, hawkers and
vendors.
C. No person shall cause or permit to be caused the excessive sounding
of any horn or other auditory signaling device on or in any motor
vehicle except to serve as a warning of danger.
D. No person shall cause or permit the operation of any device, vehicle,
construction equipment or lawn maintenance equipment, including but
not limited to any diesel engine, internal combustion engine or turbine
engine, without a properly functioning muffler in good working order.
E. No person shall cause or permit to be caused noise from power tools,
lawn mowers, leaf blowers or agricultural equipment when operated
on a residential property between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00
a.m.
F. No person shall cause or permit to be caused any noise which, when
measured by a sound level meter at the real property line of the parcel
of residential or commercial property, public space or the dwelling
unit (within a multi-dwelling-unit building) from which it is emanating,
is in excess of 65 dBA between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
on Sunday through Thursday or between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and
7:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.
G. No person shall cause or permit to be caused any noise which, when
measured by a sound level meter at the real property line of the parcel
of industrial property from which it is emanating, is in excess of
75 dBA between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
H. No person shall collect refuse from residential property with a refuse
collection vehicle between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.,
except that this subsection shall not apply to the collection of refuse
during an emergency, such as a storm or other unexpected event, which
causes delays in refuse collection.
§ 135-6 Motor vehicles.
A. Motor vehicle sound level limits and equipment shall
be in compliance with provisions of any state law, including but not
limited to §§ 386 and 375 of the New York State Vehicle
and Traffic Law.
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NOTE: NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law § 386
is entitled "Motor vehicle sound level limits" and establishes maximum
sound levels (in decibels) that may emanate from motor vehicles or
motorcycles. NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law § 375 entitled
"Equipment" addresses horns [§ 375(1)], uses of sirens/gongs
by nonemergency vehicles [§ 375(26)], mufflers and exhaust
systems [§ 375(31)], and vehicle audio systems [§ 375(47)]).
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B. No person shall operate a vehicle in such a manner
as to cause unreasonable noise by spinning or squealing the tires
of such vehicle.
C. No person shall allow noise from an automobile alarm
in excess of five minutes after it has been activated.
§ 135-7 Vessels and boats.
Vessel and boat sound level limits and equipment
shall be in compliance with provisions of any state law, including
but not limited to § 44 of the New York State Navigation
Law.