[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Radnor 2-25-1974 by Ord. No. 1564 as Ch. 89 of the 1974
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and it
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to make or cause
or suffer or permit to be made or caused, upon any premises owned,
occupied or controlled by him or it or upon any public street, alley
or thoroughfare in the Township of Radnor, any unnecessary noises
or sounds by means of the human voice or by any other means or methods
which are physically annoying to the comfort of any person or which
are so harsh or so prolonged or unnatural or unusual in their use,
time and place as to occasion physical discomfort or which are injurious
to the lives, health, peace and comfort of the inhabitants of said
Township or any number thereof.
No person, persons, firm or corporation shall
play, use or operate or knowingly permit to be played, used or operated
any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, sound amplifier,
loudspeaker or other machine or device for the reproduction of sound
upon property (real or personal) or premises owned, occupied or used
by him, them or it, which is not measured and regulated by decibels,
so that the sound coming from such machine can be audibly heard at
a distance greater than 100 feet from the property or premises wherein
such machine or device is located. Nothing herein contained shall
be construed to prohibit the playing of a band or orchestra in any
concert hall, auditorium, clubroom or public park.
A.
No person shall operate a sound truck or loudspeaker
on the streets or public places of the Township of Radnor without
first obtaining a permit therefor from the Community Development Department.
Such permit shall be for a period of one day only. Such permit shall
not be transferable from person to person or from sound truck to sound
truck and may not be extended as to the date it shall be used nor
shall any permit for the operation of such sound truck be issued for
use earlier than 8:00 a.m. or later than 9:00 p.m. of the prevailing
local time. Every application for a permit shall be accompanied by
a permit fee of $25.
[Amended 6-29-1977 by Ord. No. 77-18]
B.
The application for such permit shall be filed in
duplicate with the Township Secretary, and the permit issued shall
be limited in accordance with the information contained in such application,
which shall set forth the following:
(1)
Name and home address of the applicant.
(2)
Business address of the applicant.
(3)
Name and address of the owner of the sound truck.
(4)
Make and license number of the sound truck.
(5)
Name and address of the person operating the sound
truck.
(6)
Name and address of the person operating the sound
equipment.
(7)
The purpose for which the sound truck will be used.
(8)
The proposed hours of operation of the sound truck.
(9)
A certificate from an engineer that such amplifying
machine is so equipped and regulated by decibels that the sound coming
from such machine cannot be audibly heard at a distance greater than
100 feet from the sound truck or amplifying machine.
C.
After the issuance of said permit, the Township Secretary
shall return one certified copy of the application to the permittee,
together with the permit, which must be in the possession of the operator
of the sound truck during such time that the sound-amplifying equipment
is in operation. Such certified application and permit shall, upon
request, be promptly exhibited to any police officer of the Township
of Radnor.
D.
No permit so issued may be used which attracts the
attention of motorists or pedestrians, causing the blocking of streets
and thereby creating a traffic congestion and hazard.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to sound any horn or warning device on any automobile,
motorcycle, bus or other vehicle except when required by law or to
give timely warning of impending danger to persons driving other vehicles
or to persons upon the street. No person shall sound any horn or warning
device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle which shall
emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or for any unnecessary or
unreasonable period of time.
[Amended 6-29-1977 by Ord. No. 77-18; 9-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-16]
A.
It shall
be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation or their agents or
employees owning or occupying any building, premises or other place
in the Township of Radnor to operate or permit to be operated any
type of machinery, appliance, equipment or hand tool which emits noise
beyond the premises upon which the machinery, appliance, equipment
or hand tool is being operated or used for purposes of construction
work between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., except for Sundays
and Township, state or federal holidays. On Sundays and holidays,
construction noise shall not be permitted.
B.
The Community
Development Department shall be authorized to issue permits for emergency
construction and repair upon submission of adequate proof of the necessity
of such work.
[Amended 11-26-1979 by Ord. No. 79-28]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation, or their agents or employees, engaged in the collection
of garbage, rubbish or refuse in the Township to make any such collections
between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., current time.
[Amended 7-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-13]
Any person, persons, firm or corporation who
shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $600, plus costs
of prosecution, and, in default of such fine and costs, by imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 30 days. Each violation
of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be a separate
and distinct offense.
