[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Brecknock 1-11-2000 by Ord. No. 127. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Any person who shall commit or cause to be committed any act, word or
conduct causing a disturbance of the peace and good order of the township;
or who shall cause any danger, discomfort or annoyance to any of the inhabitants
of the township or user of the township thoroughfares, including but not limited
to anyone who shall willfully make any loud, boisterous or unseemly noise
or disturbance; or who shall fight or quarrel or incite others to fight or
quarrel; or who shall congregate upon any of the public streets or alleys
or public grounds of the township to the annoyance of peaceable residents
nearby or traveling upon any street or alley in the township; or who shall
loiter near or in the entrances to commercial establishments, whether public
or private property, or any place of public resort, whether public or private,
or upon any private property within the township without the consent of the
owners thereof, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed or the traveling
public annoyed; or who shall make any sound which reasonably annoys or disturbs
humans or which reasonably causes an adverse psychological or physiological
effect on humans, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., in a manner
that the sound would be heard across property lines or through tenant walls
or between one dwelling unit and another, or in a manner that the sound would
be heard in excess of 50 feet from the source of the sound shall be guilty
of a violation of this chapter. These sounds may include, but are not limited
to: domestic power tools, motorized lawn and garden equipment, loading and
unloading vehicles, powered model vehicles, street sales, motorized vehicle
repairs and testing, unnecessary horn blowing, sound trucks, radios, tv, stereos,
musical instruments, etc.
The following are exempted from the provisions of this chapter:
A.
Amplified and nonamplified activities approved by the
township, which may include, but not be limited to: athletic events, concerts,
block parties, church carnivals, or other publicly or privately sponsored
events.
B.
Emergency work. Sounds caused by the performance of emergency
work, or by the ordinary and accepted use of emergency apparatus and equipment.
C.
Municipal and utility services. Sounds resulting from
the repair/maintenance or replacement of any municipal or utility installation
in or about the public right-of-way.
D.
Warning devices. Sounds made by warning devices operating
continuously for three minutes or less, except, in the event of an actual
emergency, the time limit shall not apply.
E.
Unusual/extreme weather conditions. Where unusual or
extreme weather conditions, such as heat, cold, pollen advisories, rain, snow
or other condition that would affect the health and safety of persons working
therein, restrict the ability of persons to work between the hours of 6:00
a.m. and 11:00 p.m., upon the application to and permission from the Brecknock
Township Police Department, such persons may engage in activities between
11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. that may cause sounds otherwise prohibited.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter, shall, upon
conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine not
exceeding $300 and cost of prosecution, or to imprisonment for not more than
30 days, as authorized by law.
