[HISTORY: Adopted by the Governing Body of
the Town/Village of East Rochester 10-13-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998 (Ch. 123 of the 1983 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The Town/Village Board of Trustees determines that
the making and creating of excessive noise within the limits of the
Town/Village of East Rochester is a condition which has existed for
some time, and the extent and volume of such noise is increasing.
B.
The Town/Village Board of Trustees further determines
that noise on streets, sidewalks, public parks or places is most likely
to interfere with the peace and quiet of the inhabitants of the Town/Village
and to injure human, plant and animal life, property and business.
C.
The Town/Village Board of Trustees further determines
that schools, churches, courts, hospitals, nursing homes and homes
for the aged are places where special precautions must be taken in
order to ensure their proper functioning.
D.
The Town/Village Board of Trustees further determines
that construction activities, sound-reproduction devices for miscellaneous
purposes, loading and unloading of boxes and containers, and animals
and birds are among the most frequent causes of annoying and disturbing
noise.
The Town/Village of East Rochester hereby intends
to prohibit all excessive noise from all sources subject to its police
power in order to preserve, protect and promote the public health,
safety and welfare and the peace, quiet, comfort and repose of the
inhabitants of the Town/Village and visitors thereto and to prevent
injury to human, plant and animal life, property and business, to
foster the convenience and comfort of its inhabitants and to facilitate
the enjoyment of the natural attractions of the Town/Village.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any act or combination of acts which actually results in
the production of sound.
The Chief of Police of the Town/Village of East Rochester,
or his designated representative.
Any mechanism which prevents, controls, detects, measures
or records the production of sound.
The measurement of sound approximating the auditory sensitivity
of the human ear as measured with a sound-level meter using the A-weighting
network. The unit of measurement is the dB(A).
Every ambulance, police vehicle, fire vehicle and civil defense
vehicle.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
Any or all activity, except tunneling, necessary or incidental
to the erection, demolition, assembling, altering, installing or equipping
of buildings, public or private highways, roads, premises, parks,
utility lines (including such lines in already constructed tunnels)
or other property, including land clearing, grading, excavating and
filling.
Any device designed and intended for use in construction,
including but not limited to any air compressor, pile driver, manual
tool, bulldozer, pneumatic hammer, steam shovel, derrick, crane or
steam or electric host.
The sound-pressure level, in decibels, as measured on a sound-level
meter using the C-weighting network. The level so read is designated
"dB(C)" or "Dbc."
The unit of sound measurement, on a logarithmic scale, of
the ratio of the magnitude of a particular sound pressure to a standard
reference pressure which, for the purpose of this chapter, shall be
0.0002 microbar.
Any construction device, emergency signal device, internal
combustion engine, motor vehicle, muffler or sound reproduction device,
as defined herein, or any other sound-producing device regulated by
this chapter.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
Any occurrence or set of circumstances involving actual or
imminent physical trauma or property damage which demands immediate
action.
Any gong, siren, whistle, air horn or similar device, the
use of which on emergency vehicles is permitted by Subdivision 26
of § 375 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any sound which endangers or injures the safety or health
of humans or animals or annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of
normal sensitivity or endangers or injures personal or real property.
A system which removes and transports air or gas from a device.
A device for the production of mechanical energy by means
of the combustion under pressure of fossil fuel.
The land use designation which shall consist of noise-sensitive
area, Residential District, Business and Commercial District and Light
Industrial District. All land within the municipality shall be classified
so that one of the preceding districts shall apply at any given property.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn, which is propelled by any power
other than muscular power, except vehicles which run only upon rails
or tracks. This definition shall include but not be limited to trucks,
buses, automobiles, vans, motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, motor
scooters, dune buggies, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, go-carts,
minibikes, trail bikes and all other types of motorized recreational
vehicles.
A device consisting of a series of chambers of baffle plates
or other mechanical design for the purpose of receiving exhaust gas
from a sound source and which is effective in reducing sound levels.
The Town/Village of East Rochester.
Any erratic, intermittent, statistically random oscillation
or unwanted sound.
All of the components in a sound spectrum whose frequencies
are between two sine-wave components separated by an octave, with
center frequencies as specified in Table II.[1]
Includes the owner of the freehold of the premises or lesser
estate therein or mortgagee thereof, a lessee or agent of any of the
above persons, a lessee of a device or his agent, a tenant, operator
or any other person who has regular control of a device or an apparatus.
Any individual, partnership, company, corporation, association,
firm, organization, governmental agency, administration or department
or any other group of individuals, or any officer or employee thereof.
An oscillation in pressure, particle displacement, particle
velocity or other physical parameter in a medium with internal forces
that causes compression and rarefaction of that medium. The description
of sound may include any characteristic of such sound, including duration,
intensity and frequency.
An instrument, including a microphone, amplifier, output
display and frequency weighting networks, for the measurement of sound
levels. Sound-level meters shall conform to the requirements of American
National Standards Institute specifications for sound-level meters.
Twenty times the logarithm to the base 10 of the ratio of
the pressure of the sound to the reference sound pressure. Unless
otherwise specified, the effective (rms) pressure is to be utilized.
The reference sound pressure is 20 x uN/m2 (micronewtons per square
meter) or 0.0002 micropascal. Sound-pressure level is expressed in
decibels (dB).
A device intended primarily for the production or reproduction
of sound, including but not limited to any radio receiver, television
receiver, tape recorder, musical instrument, phonograph or sound-amplifying
system.
Any sound produced by a sound-signal device designed to transmit
information.
A device designed to produce a sound signal when operated,
including but not limited to any claxon, air horn, whistle, bell,
gong or siren, but not an emergency signal device or verbal information.
Any activity or device whatsoever that produces sound.
Any excessive or unusually loud sound or any sound which,
in the opinion of the administrator, either annoys, disturbs, injures
or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of a person
or damages property or business. Standards to be considered in determining
whether unnecessary noise exists in a given situation shall include,
but are not limited to, the following:
The volume of the noise.
The intensity of the noise.
Whether the nature of the noise is usual or
unusual.
Whether the origin of the noise is natural or
unnatural.
The volume and intensity of the background noise,
if any.
The proximity of the noise to residential sleeping
facilities.
The nature and land use designation for noise
control of the area within which the noise emanates.
The density of inhabitation of the area within
which the noise emanates.
The time of the day or night the noise occurs.
The duration of the noise.
Whether the noise is recurrent, intermittent
or constant.
Whether the noise is produced by a commercial
or noncommercial activity.
[1]
Editor's Note: Table II is included as an
attachment to this chapter.
A.
The administrator shall approve the designation of
noise-sensitive areas which contain noise-sensitive activities. Noise-sensitive
activities may include, but are not limited to, operations of schools,
libraries open to the public, churches, hospitals and nursing homes.
B.
No person shall create or permit to be created any
noise on any street, sidewalk or public place or on private property
adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church or court while
the same is in use or adjacent to any hospital, nursing home or home
for the aged, which noise unreasonably interferes with the working
of such school, institution of learning, church or court or which
disturbs or annoys patients in a hospital, nursing home or home for
the aged.
A.
If the administrator has reasonable cause to believe
that any device is in violation of this chapter, the administrator
may order the owner of the device to conduct such tests as are necessary
to determine whether the device or its operation is in violation of
this chapter and to submit the test results to the administrator within
10 days after the tests are completed.
B.
Such tests shall be conducted in a manner approved
by the administrator. The administrator may require that the entire
test results be reviewed and certified by a professional with recognized
competence.
C.
The owner shall notify the administrator of the time
and place of a test at least seven calendar days before the commencement
of such test. Reasonable facilities shall be made available for the
administrator to witness the test.
D.
If, in the opinion of the administrator, tests by
the Health Department or another proper person are necessary, the
administrator may order the owner to provide such access to the device
as the administrator may reasonably request, to provide a power source
suitable to the testing points and to provide allied facilities, exclusive
of a sound-level meter. The provisions shall be made at the expense
of the owner of the device. The owner shall be furnished with copies
of the analytical results of the data collected.
Upon presentation of proper credentials, the
administrator may enter and/or inspect any private property, place,
report or records at any reasonable time when granted permission by
the owner or by some other person with apparent authority to act for
the owner. When permission is refused or cannot be obtained, a search
warrant may be obtained from a court of competent jurisdiction upon
showing of probable cause to believe that a violation of this chapter
may exist. Such inspection may include administration of any necessary
tests.
A.
CONTRACT
(1)
(2)
(3)
As used in this section, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Any written agreement, purchase order or instrument whereby
the municipality is committed to expend or does expend funds authorized
by the capital budget of the contracting agency in return for work,
labor, services, supplies, equipment, materials or any combination
of the foregoing; however, the term "contract" shall not include:
Contracts for financial or other assistance
made with a government.
Contracts, resolutions, indentures, declarations
of trust or other instruments authorizing or relating to the authorization,
issuance, award and sale of bonds, certificates of indebtedness, notes
or other fiscal obligations of the municipality, or consisting thereof.
Employment by the municipality of officers and
employees of the municipality.
B.
Contract provisions. No contract shall be awarded
or entered into by the municipality unless such contract contains
provisions requiring that:
(1)
Devices and activities which will be operated, conducted,
constructed or manufactured pursuant to the contract and which are
subject to the provisions of this chapter will be operated, conducted,
constructed or manufactured without causing a violation of this chapter.
(2)
Such devices and activities incorporate advances in
the art of noise control developed for the kind and level of noise
emitted or produced by such devices or activities.
C.
No person shall cause or permit the operation of a
device or conducting of an activity in such a way as to violate any
provision of a contract required by this section or any regulation
promulgated pursuant to this section.
D.
No regulation promulgated pursuant to this section
shall alter the terms, conditions and specifications of a contract
already executed at the time of such regulation.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to the operation or use of any organ, bell, chimes other similar instrument
by any church, synagogue, mosque or school when used as part of the
religious order of service or when operated between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 9:00 p.m.; and natural sound, including but not limited to
wind blown across natural objects, insects, wild animals or wild birds.
No person shall make, continue or cause or permit
to be made or continued any excessive noise.
A.
No person shall operate or use or cause to be operated
or used any sound-reproduction device for commercial or business advertising
purposes or for the purpose of attracting attention to any performance,
show or sale or display of merchandise in connection with any commercial
or business enterprise, including those engaged in the sale of radios,
television sets, phonographs, tape recorders, phonograph records or
tapes in front or outside of any building, place or premises or in
or through any aperture of such building, place or premises abutting
on or adjacent to a public street, park or place or in or upon any
vehicle operated, standing or being in or on any public street, park
or place where the sound therefrom may be heard upon any public street,
park or place or from any stand, platform or other structure or from
any airplane or other device used for flying, flying over the Town/Village
or on a boat or on the waters within the jurisdiction of the Town/Village
or anywhere on the public streets, parks or places; provided, however,
that nothing in this section shall prohibit vehicles from which ice
cream products and similar products are sold from being equipped with
a bell not exceeding three inches in diameter, or a set of up to four
such bells, nor prohibit the use thereof by the driver of such vehicle,
provided that no such bell or set of bells shall be capable of being
heard from a distance greater then 400 feet and provided further that
no such bells shall be used for any purpose between the hours of 9:00
p.m. and 9:00 a.m. nor be used as an ordinary warning signal at any
time.
B.
No person shall operate or use any radio, musical
instrument, television, phonograph or other machine or device in or
on any bus or public means of conveyance, other than taxicabs, in
such manner that the sound emanating from such sound device is audible
to another person.
C.
No person shall cause the sounding of any horn or
signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle, bicycle or other vehicle,
except as a danger warning.
E.
Motor vehicles.
(1)
No person shall operate or cause to be operated any
motor vehicle in such a manner that the sound level emitted therefrom
exceeds 80 dB(A) either:
(2)
This subsection shall not apply to those motor vehicles
being operated upon a public street to which § 386 of the
New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law applies.
(3)
This section shall apply to all motor vehicles, whether
or not duly licensed or registered.
F.
No person shall engage in or permit any person to be engaged in construction activities which create excessive noise at the property limits of the construction site between the hours of 10:00 p.m. of one day and 7:00 a.m. of the following day on any day of the week, except as is permitted in Subsections B and C hereof.
G.
Following the receipt of a written application for a variance from the requirements of § 123-11A, the Chairman of the Zoning Board may, within a reasonable time, grant a variance authorizing such construction activities upon the applicant's demonstration of hardship and/or practical difficulty in meeting said requirements or on a determination that the public interest will be served by the granting of the requested variance. The Chairman shall set any stipulations deemed necessary in the interest of the public health, safety and/or welfare at the time of granting such a variance.
H.
In the case of an emergency, construction activities
directly connected with the abatement of such emergency may be undertaken
without obtaining a variance for a period not to exceed 72 hours from
the commencement of such activities, during which time application
for a variance hereunder shall be made. In such an emergency, construction
activities shall not continue after the seventy-two-hour period unless
prior to the expiration of that period at least verbal approval is
issued by the Chairman or his authorized subordinates to continue
such activities and unless written confirmation of such verbal approval
is issued within four hours following the start of the next normal
business day of the Building Department. Approval or confirmation
shall not be withheld unreasonably.
J.
No person shall use or operate or permit to be used
or operated any radio, television, phonograph, musical instrument
or other machine or device for the producing, reproducing or amplification
of sound with louder volume than is necessary for convenient hearing
for the person or persons who are voluntary listeners thereto. It
shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section if sound
emanating from such machine or device is:
(1)
Audible beyond the property line of the premises upon
which it is being used between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
(2)
Audible at a distance of 50 feet beyond the property
line of the premises upon which it is being used between the hours
of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
(3)
Audible at a distance of 50 feet from such machine
or device if operated from within a motor vehicle on a public street.
(4)
Audible at a distance of 50 feet from such machine
or device when operated in a public park or other public place.
K.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to
the following:
(1)
Funeral processions or use of such devices by a church.
(2)
The production of music in connection with any parade
authorized under provision of law.
(3)
Any musical performance upon a public place where
a permit has been obtained for such purpose.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
(4)
The use of amplifiers or other sound-producing instruments
or equipment in connection with any religious or political activity
or any permitted athletic competition or recreational event held on
athletic fields, stadiums or public places in the Town/Village.
L.
No person shall make or permit to be made excessive
noise in connection with loading or unloading of any vehicle or the
opening, unloading or destruction of bales, boxes, crates and animals.
M.
No person shall keep or permit the keeping of any
animal or bird which makes excessive noise. Owning, possessing or
keeping any animal or bird which frequently or for continued duration
howls, barks, meows, squawks or makes other sounds which create an
unnecessary noise across a residential real property boundary or within
a noise-sensitive area as may be hereinafter designated shall be in
violation of this chapter. This provision shall not apply to public
zoos.
N.
Sound-signal devices. No person shall operate or use
or cause to be operated or used any sound-signal device so as to create
unnecessary noise, except that a person may only operate or use or
cause to be operated or used any sound-signal device attached to a
motor vehicle, or in possession of said person, wagon or manually
propelled cart from which food or any other items are sold, which
emits a sound signal less frequently than one every three minutes
in any Town/Village block and with a duration of less than 10 seconds
for any single emission.
O.
Emergency signal devices. No person shall operate
or use or cause to be operated or used any emergency signal device
so as to create an unnecessary noise, nor for a period of time longer
than is strictly necessary to respond to such emergency. Any authorized
emergency vehicle which is in the immediate act of responding to an
emergency shall be exempt from this section.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
P.
Construction activities. It shall be unlawful for any person to use any pile driver, shovel, hammer derrick, hoist tractor, roller or other mechanical apparatus operated by fuel or electric power in building or construction operations so as to create unnecessary noise between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. within 600 feet of any building used for residential or hospital purposes, except for work on public improvements and work of public service utilities or by permit issued pursuant to § 123-14.
Q.
Explosives, firearms and similar devices. The use or firing of explosives, firearms or similar devices which create impulsive sound so as to cause a noise disturbance across a real property boundary or on a public space or right-of-way, without first obtaining a permit issued pursuant to § 123-14, shall be prohibited. Such permit need not be obtained for licensed game-hunting activities on property where such activities are authorized.
R.
Air compressors. No person shall operate or cause
to be operated an air compressor unless a muffler certified by the
manufacturer of such muffler to provide a dynamic insertion loss of
20 dB(C) of the sound release from the exhaust source of such air
compressor is installed on such exhaust source. As used in this chapter,
"air compressor" means an internal combustion device which draws in
air or gas, compresses it and delivers it at a higher pressure.
S.
Solid waste compacting vehicles. No person shall operate
or permit to be operated a solid waste compacting vehicle which when
compacting creates a sound level in excess of 70 dB(a) when measured
at 10 feet from any point of the compacting unit. No solid waste collection
shall be permitted between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of
the following day in any area which is designated as residential for
noise control. As used in this chapter, a "solid waste compacting
vehicle" means a motor vehicle designed to compact and transport solid
waste.
T.
Domestic power tools. No person shall operate or permit
the operation of any mechanically or electrically powered saw, drill,
sander, grinder, lawn or garden tool or similar device used outdoors
in residential areas between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
the following day so as to create an unnecessary noise across a residential
real property boundary. Snow removal activities shall be exempt from
this subsection.
U.
Recreational motorized vehicles operating off public
rights-of-way.
(1)
Except as permitted in § 123-14, no person shall operate or cause to be operated any recreational motorized vehicle off a public right-of-way in such a manner that the sound level emitted therefrom exceeds the limits set forth in Table I at a distance of 50 feet or more from the path of the vehicle when operated on a public space or at or across the boundary of private property when operated on private property. This section shall apply to all recreational motorized vehicles, whether or not duly licensed and registered, including but not limited to commercial or noncommercial racing vehicles, motorcycles, go-carts, snowmobiles, amphibious craft, campers and dune buggies, but not including motorboats.
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TABLE I
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Recreational Motorized Vehicle Sound Limits
(measured at 50 feet)
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Sound Level for Type of Vehicle
[dB(A)]
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Date of Manufacture
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Snowmobile
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Any Other Vehicle
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Before 6-1-1975
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82
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86
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6-1-1975 to 5-31-1978
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78
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82
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After 5-31-1978
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73
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82
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(2)
Test procedures to determine whether maximum noise emitted by vehicles in use meets the noise limits stated in § 123-11U(1) above shall be in substantial conformity with applicable provisions of Standards and Recommended Practice established by the Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. (SAE), or its successor bodies, including SAE Standard J986; SAE Standard J331; Recommended Practice J366 and Recommended Practice J184, all as last amended.
The provisions of § 123-11 shall not apply to:
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to:
A.
The administrator shall have the authority, consistent with this section, to grant permits which may be requested pursuant to § 123-11P, pertaining to construction activities, § 123-11Q, pertaining to explosives, firearms and similar devices, § 123-11U, pertaining to recreational motorized vehicles and § 123-12B, pertaining to noise levels.
B.
Any person seeking a permit pursuant to this section
shall file an application with the administrator. The application
shall contain information which demonstrates that bringing the source
of sound or activity for which the permit is sought into compliance
with this chapter would constitute an unreasonable hardship on the
applicant, on the community or on other persons. Notice of an application
for a permit may be published according to jurisdictional procedure.
Any individual who claims to be adversely affected by allowance of
the permit may file a statement with the administrator containing
any information to support his or her claim. If the administrator
finds that a sufficient public interest exists regarding an application,
a public hearing may be held.
C.
In determining whether to grant or deny the application,
the administrator shall balance the hardship to the applicant, the
community and other persons of not granting the permit against the
adverse impact on the health, safety and welfare of persons affected,
the adverse impact on property affected and any other adverse impacts
of granting the permit. Applicants for permits and persons contesting
permits may be required to submit any information that the administrator
may reasonably require. In granting or denying an application, the
administrator shall place on public file a copy of the decision and
the reasons for denying or granting the permit.
D.
Permits shall be granted by notice to the applicant
containing all necessary conditions, including a time limit and duration
on the permitted activity. The permit shall not become effective until
all conditions are agreed to by the applicant. Noncompliance with
any condition of the permit shall terminate the permit and subject
the person holding it to those provisions of this chapter regulating
the source of sound or activity for which the permit was granted.
Revocation of the permit may be made at any time by the administrator.
Except where a person is acting in good faith to comply with an abatement order issued pursuant to § 123-16, emission from any source of noise in excess of the limitations established in or pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed and is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and shall be cause for a notice of violation to be issued by the administrator.
In lieu of issuing a notice of violation as provided for in § 123-15, the administrator may issue an order requiring abatement of any sound source alleged to be in violation of this chapter within a reasonable time period and according to guidelines which the administrator may prescribe. The items to be considered in the issuance of the order and the compliance dates prescribed therein shall include but not be limited to the following:
A.
Volume and intensity of the noise.
B.
Volume and intensity of the background noise, if any.
C.
The duration of the noise.
D.
The time of day or night the noise occurs.
E.
Availability of control equipment.
F.
Engineering guides which are acceptable to the administrator.
G.
Towing in accordance with the following:
(1)
Legislative intent. The Town/Village Board of Trustees
hereby finds and determines that violations of laws and codes affecting
quality-of-life issues, including noise violations, prostitution offenses,
controlled substances offenses, violation of illegal weapons provisions
and illegal dumping, are degrading to the persons involved, often
lead to the commission of other offenses, disrupt the peace and quiet
of the neighborhood where such offenses occur and are detrimental
to the health, safety and welfare of residents and visitors in the
Town/Village. Enforcement of such offenses also imposes an enormous
burden on the Town/Village in terms of providing sufficient law enforcement
personnel to combat these offenses and to maintain the peace and security
of Town/Village streets and neighborhoods. The Town/Village Board
of Trustees further finds that such offenses are frequently committed
by persons who do not live in the neighborhood where the acts occur
and who travel to and from said neighborhoods in a motor vehicle,
that the acts constituting such offenses are often committed in or
from a motor vehicle or that a motor vehicle is used to transport
contraband or materials involved in the offense to the location where
the acts occur. The Town/Village Board of Trustees finds that local
legislation is needed to abate nuisances involving the use of motor
vehicles by providing for the towing of motor vehicles used in connection
with quality-of-life offenses.
(2)
Towing.
(a)
Any motor vehicle which has been or is being
used in connection with the commission of a violation of this chapter
shall be subject to towing and impoundment under this section. A motor
vehicle shall be deemed to be used in connection with any of the offenses
in this subsection if the act or acts constituting the offense take
place in or from the motor vehicle, if the motor vehicle is used to
transport the material which is illegally dumped or if the motor vehicle
is otherwise used to facilitate the act or acts constituting the offense.
(b)
Whenever a police officer has probable cause
to believe that a motor vehicle is subject to towing pursuant to this
section, the police officer shall provide for the towing of the motor
vehicle to a vehicle pound designated by the Chief of Police. Such
towing shall be deemed an abatement of a nuisance and at the risk
and expense of the vehicle owner or person entitled to the vehicle
or person operating the vehicle. Such costs shall not be deemed to
be a penalty. When the motor vehicle is towed, the police officer
shall notify the person who is found to be in control of the motor
vehicle at the time of the alleged violation, if there is such a person,
of the fact of the towing and of the vehicle owner's right to request
a hearing to be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth
herein. Other than a lack of probable cause, the only defenses available
to a vehicle owner in such a hearing shall be that the motor vehicle
used in the violation was stolen at the time of the violation and
the theft was reported to the appropriate police authorities within
24 hours after the theft was discovered or reasonably should have
been discovered, or that the motor vehicle was operating as a common
carrier and the violation occurred without the actual knowledge of
the person in control of the motor vehicle. It shall not otherwise
be a defense that the violation occurred while the vehicle owner was
not present, or that the vehicle owner did not consent to the acts
constituting the violation.
(c)
It is the policy of the Town/Village of East
Rochester that when persons are arrested for violations of this chapter
and the act or acts constituting the offense take place in or from
a motor vehicle, or when the persons arrested are in or about or arrived
by a motor vehicle or if the motor vehicle is otherwise used to facilitate
the act or acts constituting the offense, such motor vehicle shall
be towed, pursuant to the arrest, to a vehicle pound designated by
the Chief of Police.
(3)
Any such removal shall be deemed an abatement of a
nuisance and at the risk and expense of the owner or person entitled
to the vehicle or the person who operated or parked the vehicle. The
Chief of Police may store such vehicles in designated vehicle pounds
or other suitable places at the risk and expense of the owner or the
person entitled to possession thereof or the person who operated or
parked the vehicle.
(4)
The Town/Village may maintain an action against the
owner or owners, the person who operated or parked the vehicle, or
any of them, to recover the amount of the lien in a civil action.
A.
The owner of any commercial or industrial source of sound may apply to the administrator for a variance for time to comply with § 123-11. The administrator shall have the authority, consistent with this section, to grant a variance.
B.
Any person seeking a variance shall file an application
with the administrator. The application shall contain information
which demonstrates that bringing the source of sound or activity for
which the variance is sought into compliance with this chapter prior
to the date requested in the application would constitute an unreasonable
hardship on the applicant, on the community or on other persons. If
the administrator finds that a sufficient controversy exists regarding
an application, a public hearing may be held.
C.
In determining whether to grant or deny the application,
the administrator shall balance the hardship on the applicant, the
community and other persons of not granting the variance against the
adverse impact on health, safety and welfare of persons affected,
the adverse impact on property affected and any other adverse impacts
of granting the variance. Applicants for variances and persons contesting
variances may be required to submit any information that the administrator
may reasonably require. In granting or denying an application, the
administrator shall notify the applicant and shall keep on public
file a copy of the decision and the reasons for denying or granting
the variance. If granted, the variance may include time-of-day restrictions
and/or a limit on the number of days permitted.
D.
Variances shall be granted by notice to the applicant
containing all necessary conditions, including a schedule for achieving
compliance. The variance shall not become effective until all conditions
are agreed to by the applicant. Noncompliance with any condition of
variance shall terminate the variance and subject the person holding
it to those provisions of this chapter for which the variance was
granted.
E.
Application for extension of time limits specified in variances or for modification of other substantial conditions shall be treated like applications for initial variances under Subsection B, except that the administrator must find that the need for the extension or modification clearly outweighs any adverse impacts of granting the extension or modification.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine of
not more than $250 or by imprisonment for a term of not more that
15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each violation.
The provisions of any section of this chapter
shall not be deemed to modify or otherwise affect or be in substitution
for any provision of any other section of this chapter or other chapter
of this Code, but shall be cumulative thereto.
If the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent
with any other provision in this Code, or with any rule or regulation
of any department, bureau or governmental agency of the Town/Village
of East Rochester, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.
