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.
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.
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.