[Adopted 10-10-1967 by Ord. No. 69]
The word "person," as used in this article,
shall mean any natural person, partnership, firm, association, organization
or corporation.
No person within the Township of South Fayette
shall willfully make or cause to be made any loud, boisterous or unseemly
noise or disturbance or maintain an unusually bright or glaring light
to the annoyance of another person.
No person shall operate or cause or allow to
be operated upon the premises owned or occupied by such person, within
the Township of South Fayette, with the exception of farmers, on Sunday,
any heavy equipment such as bulldozers, highlifts, steam shovels,
tractors and similar equipment.
[Amended 7-31-1968 by Ord. No. 69A]
A.
The operation or use of any automobile, motorcycle
or other vehicle, engine or motor of whatsoever size when used on
tracks, courses, dragways and all other like racing areas not being
public highways between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 9:30 a.m.
on weekdays and on Sundays before 12:00 noon and after 11:00 p.m.
shall be unlawful. All hours and time mentioned herein shall refer
to and be constructed to mean Eastern daylight savings time.
B.
Any condition or use of premises or of building exteriors
which is detrimental to the property of others or which causes or
tends to cause substantial diminution in the value of other property
in the neighborhood in which such premises are located shall be an
unlawful nuisance. This includes, but is not limited to, the keeping
or depositing on or the scattering over the premises of any of the
following:
[Added 11-16-1998 by Ord. No. 409]
(1)
Junk, trash or debris.
(2)
Abandoned, discarded or unused objects or equipment,
such as motor vehicles, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers,
cans or containers.
(3)
Maintaining or causing to be maintained any dangerous
structures, including but not limited to abandoned, occupied or unoccupied
buildings or parts of buildings.
(4)
Maintaining or causing to be maintained upon any unenclosed
porch or exterior attachment which faces a regularly traveled thoroughfare
furniture, other than furniture designed for exterior use, which is
commonly intended for use inside a dwelling, including but not limited
to upholstered sofas, chairs, davenports, beds, divans and the like.
(5)
The use of a porch roof or other second-story or higher
portion of a structure for a nondesigned use, unless said porch roof
or other portion of a structure is specifically designed for said
use.
Any act in violation of the preceding sections
of this article is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
[Amended 7-31-1968 by Ord. No. 69A]
Upon complaint to the Police Department by any
person disturbed or annoyed by noises or lights in violation of this
article or by police officers acting on their own initiative without
any complaint, the Police Department shall investigate such complaint
and, if found justified, shall issue notice of such complaint to the
person causing or person permitting continuance of such nuisance,
notifying him immediately to abate the nuisance. If the person so
notified refuses or neglects to abate the same forthwith, complaint
shall be filed against the offending person. Any person however may
be arrested for violation of any section of this article upon the
direct complaint of any other person.
[Amended 7-11-1988 by Ord. No. 359]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than $25 and not more than $1,000 and costs of
prosecution for each and every offense and, in default of payment
of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days;
provided, however, that each day's violation of any of the provisions
of this article shall constitute a separate offense.
