[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
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 cause, upon any premises owned, occupied or controlled
by him or it or upon any public street, alley or thoroughfare in the
Township of North Strabane, 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
member thereof.
[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
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 100 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, or public park, nor the utilization of such sound producing
devices by charitable or nonprofit groups for the general purpose
of public announcements or public events.
[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985]
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.
[Ord. 147, 11/26/1985; as amended by Ord. 240, 10/28/1997]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and,
in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each Section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.