[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Patterson at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art.
I. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Noise by animals — See Ch. 63.
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 Patterson,
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 fifty (50) 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, club room or public park.
A.
No person shall operate a sound truck or loudspeaker
on the streets or public places of the Township of Patterson without first
obtaining a permit therefor from the Board of Commissioners or its designee.
Such permit shall be for a period of one (1) 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 twenty-five dollars ($25.).
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)
The name and home address of the applicant.
(2)
The business address of the applicant.
(3)
The name and address of the owner of the sound truck.
(4)
The make and license number of the sound truck.
(5)
The name and address of the person operating the sound
truck.
(6)
The 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 one hundred (100) feet
from the sound truck or amplifying machine.
C.
After the issuance of said permit, the Township Secretary
shall return one (1) 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 Patterson.
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.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
or its agents or employees owning or occupying any building, premises or other
place in the Township of Patterson to operate or permit to be operated any
type of machinery, appliance, equipment or hand tool which emits noise beyond
the premises upon which said machinery, appliance, equipment or hand tool
is being operated or used between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., current
time, or on any Sunday or legal holiday.
B.
The Board of Commissioners or its designee shall be authorized
to issue permits for emergency construction and repair upon submission of
adequate proof of the necessity of such work.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or its 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.
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 six hundred dollars ($600.) plus costs of prosecution
and, in default of such fine and costs, by imprisonment in the county jail
for a term not exceeding thirty (30) days. Each violation of any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.
