Town of Cortlandt, NY
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2024-01-23
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 197 Noise
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Article VI Enforcement; Penalties for Offenses
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 9 Capital Improvement Projects
- Ch 10 Capital Reserve Fund
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Conservation Advisory Council
- Ch 21 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 25 Disaster and Emergency Services, Office of
- Ch 29 Emergency Medical Treatments/Advance Life Support Advisory Council
- Ch 30 Technical Services, Department of
- Ch 31 (Reserved)
- Ch 33 Environmental Services, Department of
- Ch 35 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 41 Finance, Department of
- Ch 44 Fire Prevention
- Ch 45 Greenway Compact
- Ch 47 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 59 Law, Department of
- Ch 61 Meetings
- Ch 64 Notification of Defects
- Ch 67 Officers and Employees
- Ch 77 Planning and Community Development
- Ch 81 Pollution Control Board
- Ch 85 Purchasing, Department of
- Ch 91 Records Management
- Ch 92 Recreation and Conservation, Department of
- Ch 95 Superintendent of Highways, Abolishment of
- Ch 97 Tenant-Landlord Advisory Board
- Ch 99 Traffic Safety Board
- Ch 104 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 113 Alarm Systems
- Ch 117 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 121 Animals
- Ch 127 Bingo
- Ch 131 Building Construction
- Ch 135 Buildings, Dangerous
- Ch 139 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 142 Cannabis
- Ch 145 (Reserved)
- Ch 149 Code Administration and Enforcement
- Ch 153 Drop-Off Bins
- Ch 154 Dumpsters
- Ch 155 Electrical Standards; Plumbing
- Ch 156 Energy Conservation
- Ch 157 Excavations and Topsoil Removal
- Ch 161 Explosives and Blasting
- Ch 168 Fees
- Ch 170 Filming
- Ch 171 Fireworks
- Ch 175 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 179 Freshwater Wetlands, Water Bodies and Watercourses
- Ch 185 Games of Chance
- Ch 187 Graffiti
- Ch 188 Highways and Roads
- Ch 191 Licensing
- Ch 193 Living Quarters, Temporary
- Ch 195 Multichannel Service Providers
- Ch 197 Noise
- Ch 197 Art VI Enforcement; Penalties for Offenses
- § 197-18 Enforcement agencies.
- § 197-19 Penalties for offenses.
- § 197-20 Impoundment of recreational vehicles.
- Ch 208 Parades
- Ch 211 Parking
- Ch 215 Peddling, Soliciting and Canvassing
- Ch 219 Plumbing
- Ch 221 Property Maintenance
- Ch 223 Public Markets and Similar Businesses
- Ch 228 Recreational Areas
- Ch 230 Rental Property
- Ch 233 School Crossing Guards
- Ch 237 Security Deposits
- Ch 240 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 241 Sewers
- Ch 245 Signs
- Ch 249 (Reserved)
- Ch 253 Sludge and Hazardous Materials
- Ch 255 Solar Energy Systems
- Ch 257 Solid Waste
- Ch 259 Steep Slopes
- Ch 261 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 262 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 263 Storm Sewers
- Ch 265 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 275 Taxation
- Ch 277 Telecommunications Towers
- Ch 278 Tobacco and Nicotine Products, Sale of
- Ch 279 Town Charges, Payment of
- Ch 281 Transient and Nontransient Lodging
- Ch 283 Trees
- Ch 287 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 289 Vehicles, All-Terrain
- Ch 291 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 297 Water
- Ch 299 Water and Sewer Payments, Collection of
- Ch 301 Watercourses, Diversion of
- Ch 307 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced
by the Police Department and the Code Enforcement Department of the
Town of Cortlandt or any agent thereof appointed by the Town Board.
A.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall be deemed guilty of a violation and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty
dollars ($250.) or up to fifteen (15) days in jail or by a civil penalty
not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.).
[Amended 8-17-1993 by L.L. No. 2-1993]
B.
In addition, any person violating any of the provisions
of this chapter may be subject to judicial prohibition of the use
of the specific noise-producing compressor, recreational vehicle,
motor vehicle, paving breaker, sound-reproduction instrument or other
device complained of for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days.
C.
Each day that such violation is committed or permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable
as such.
D.
Any person under the age of sixteen (16) years who
shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed
to be a juvenile violator.
In the event that the ownership of any such
vehicle, whether licensed or unlicensed, cannot reasonably be determined
at the site of an alleged violation, said vehicle may be impounded
at police headquarters until such time as proof of ownership may be
established by the owner.
