[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lloyd Harbor as Article 16 of L.L. No. 2-1983. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is found and declared that:
A. 
The making, creating or maintaining of noises which are loud, intermittent, prolonged, unusual or unnatural in their time, place or use adversely affects and is detrimental to public health, comfort, convenience, safety and welfare and constitutes a disturbance to the peace and repose of the residents of the Village.
B. 
The necessity in the public interest for the provisions and prohibitions hereinafter contained and enacted is declared a matter of legislative determination and public policy, and it is further declared that the provisions and prohibitions hereinafter contained and enacted are in pursuance of and for the purpose of securing and promoting the public health, comfort, safety, welfare, peace and quiet of the Village and its inhabitants.
No person shall make or cause to be made or continued nor shall any owner, lessee or occupant of any land in the Village permit to be made or continued on his/her premises any loud, unnecessary, unusual or annoying, intermittent or prolonged noise or any noise which either annoys or destroys, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the Village, except as permitted in Chapter 114, relating to the regulation of firearms. Any such noise which is audible at a point 30 feet beyond the property line of the premises or street where it is being created shall be presumptive evidence of a violation of this chapter.
The following acts, without limiting the provisions of § 141-2, are expressly declared to be noises in violation of this chapter if audible at a point 30 feet beyond the property line of the premises or street where such noise is being created:
A. 
Horns and signaling devices. The sounding of any horns or signaling devices, except as a danger signal or warning signal; the creation, by means of any such signaling device, of any unreasonable or harsh sound; and the sounding of any such device for an unnecessary or intermittent or unreasonable length of time.
B. 
Loudspeakers; amplifiers for advertising or broadcasting. The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated of any radio or television set, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound which is cast upon private property from the public streets or other public places for the purpose of advertising or broadcasting.
C. 
Unnecessary amplification. The using, operating or permitting to be used or operated of any radio, television set, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound.
D. 
Animals. The keeping of any animals which, by causing frequent or long continued noise, shall disturb the comfort or repose of any person or persons in the vicinity.
E. 
Exhausts.
(1) 
The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any internal combustion engine, except through a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises emanating therefrom. Nothing herein shall be constructed to prohibit the use of small power tools and machinery for the maintenance of a person's property, provided that said tools or machinery are in proper operating condition and used during reasonable hours of the day so as not to disturb adjacent property owners.
(2) 
The prolonged or unnecessary operation of motorcycles, trail bikes, minibikes, go-carts and the like which create loud and annoying noise on private property or streets.
F. 
Noise-making devices. The installing, using, operating, discharging or causing the installation, use, operation or discharge of any noise-making device of any design or manufacture which, in its use or if used, will disturb or tend to disturb the peace, comfort, repose, health or safety of another or scare, frighten or disturb a domestic animal of another or wildlife.
G. 
Construction and operation of machinery. The construction, demolition, alteration or repair of any building (except interior alterations or repairs to a building which is entirely enclosed) and the operation of large tractors, earthmoving machines, cement mixers, cranes and other similar construction machinery shall only be performed in the Village on the following days and times excluding Sunday, federal and NYS holidays:
[Amended 7-15-2024 by L.L. No. 5-2024]
(1) 
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday.
(2) 
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
(3) 
Prohibited on Sunday.
H. 
Landscaping, tree services and property maintenance.
[Added 5-17-2021 by L.L. No. 1-2021]
(1) 
Landscaping, which includes all lawn and ground maintenance activities, including but not limited to leaf blowers, performed by a paid contractor ("landscaper") or property owner, shall only be performed in the Village on the following days and times, excluding federal and New York State holidays:
(a) 
Permitted hours of operation for landscaping:
[1] 
Property owner:
[a] 
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday.
[b] 
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
[Amended 7-15-2024 by L.L. No. 5-2024]
[c] 
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday.
[2] 
Landscaper:
[a] 
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
[b] 
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
[Amended 7-15-2024 by L.L. No. 5-2024]
[c] 
Prohibited on Sunday.
(2) 
Tree services, which includes tree removal, pruning, trimming and stump grinding, shall only be performed in the Village by a licensed tree service contractor or property owner on the following days and times, excluding federal and New York State holidays:
[Amended 10-17-2023 by L.L. No. 6-2023]
(a) 
Permitted hours of operation for tree services:
[1] 
Property owner:
[a] 
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday.
[b] 
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
[Amended 7-15-2024 by L.L. No. 5-2024]
[c] 
Prohibited on Sunday.
[2] 
Tree service contractor:
[a] 
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
[b] 
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
[Amended 7-15-2024 by L.L. No. 5-2024]
[c] 
Prohibited on Sunday.
A. 
Upon receipt of a complaint or as the result of personal observation by a member of the Police Department, the Police Department shall conduct an investigation to determine if a violation of the provisions of this chapter has been committed. If the Police Department determines there is a violation, it may warn the violator to cease and desist from continuing such noise or it may issue an appearance ticket for such violation.
B. 
A violation of any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.
[Amended 11-21-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994; 5-17-2021 by L.L. No. 1-2021]
C. 
Each day an offense continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
[Added 5-17-2021 by L.L. No. 1-2021]