[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Yorkville 12-6-1994 by L.L. No. 5-1994. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-15-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
A. 
No person shall create any unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise in the Village of Yorkville, or allow or permit the creation of such noise upon premises owned or occupied by such person, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
[Amended 2-2-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021]
B. 
No person shall create a noise in the Village of Yorkville of such character, intensity or duration as to endanger public health, peace or repose or as to be detrimental to the life or health of any individual or allow or permit the creation of such noise upon premises owned or occupied by such person.
A. 
No person shall use or operate or cause to be used or operated any sound-amplifying device upon any public street or place without the permission of the Police Department officer in charge.
B. 
No permit shall be refused by the Police Department officer in charge unless there is substantial and convincing evidence that the use of such a sound-amplifying device would result in unreasonable interference with the rights of others or unreasonably interfere with the peace and quiet of those on private property or using public streets and places.
C. 
Any permit shall prohibit the use of such devices between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in all areas designated residential on the Zoning Map which is part of Ch. 135, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Yorkville.
D. 
Any permit may be suspended by the Police Department officer in charge or the Village Board of Trustees upon determination that the holder of the permit has violated any of the provisions of Subsections B or C of this section until the next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees, at which time the holder may present any statement or evidence in his behalf, and thereafter the Board of Trustees, by a majority vote, shall revoke, cancel or reinstate the permit. In the event that the holder of the permit does not appear at said meeting, either in person or by his representative, the permit shall be automatically revoked.
A. 
No person shall operate or play any radio, phonograph, tape recorder, television set or any musical instrument, amplified or nonamplified, repair or test any motor vehicle, however powered or fueled, operate any motor vehicle with an improper muffler system, or operate any snowmobile, go-cart, minibike or all-terrain vehicle or other recreational vehicle or device powered by an internal combustion engine in such a manner or in such volume at any time as to unreasonably interfere with the peace, quiet, comfort or repose of any person in any dwelling or other type of residence.
[Amended 9-4-2012 by L.L. No. 5-2012]
B. 
No person shall conduct pool parties or other gatherings of people whereby loud, raucous or boisterous noises are emitted so as to unreasonably interfere with the peace, quiet, comfort or repose of any person in any dwelling or other type of residence between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
[Added 2-2-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021[1]]
All engine-powered or motor-powered equipment intended for infrequent service use in inhabited areas, typically requiring commercial or skilled operators, shall not be operated between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Examples of commercial service equipment include but are not limited to chain saws, log chippers, paving rollers, commercial lawn mowers, leaf blowers, etc.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also redesignated former § 86-5, Penalties for offenses, as § 86-8.
[Added 2-2-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021]
Any powered device or equipment designed and intended for use in construction shall not be operated between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Examples of construction devices include but are not limited to air compressors, bulldozers, dump trucks, backhoes, trucks, shovels, derricks, cranes, etc.
[Added 2-2-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021]
A. 
Emergency construction or repair work.
B. 
Noise from the activities of any fire department, ambulance squad or similar emergency or rescue organization in carrying out their official duties.
[Amended 9-15-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Article II, General Penalty, of Chapter 1, General Provisions. The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.