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 Borough of West View, 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 Borough of West
View or any number thereof. Such noise shall include but not be limited
to:
A. Yelling or shouting. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing
on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 11:00 p.m.
and 7:00 a.m., or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the
quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any office or in any dwelling,
hotel, motel or other type of residence or of any persons in the vicinity.
B. Whistles. The blowing of any whistle, except to give notice of the
time to begin or stop work, or as a warning of fire or danger or upon
request of proper Borough authorities, or as may be required by general
law or ordinance.
C. Exhausts. The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam
engine, stationary internal-combustion engine or motor vehicle except
through a muffler or other device which shall effectively prevent
loud or explosive noise therefrom.
D. Operation of vehicles. The use of any automobile, truck, bus, motorcycle,
minibike or other vehicle so out of repair, so loaded or in such a
manner as to create loud or unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling
or other noise.
E. Colliding automobiles. The intentional collision of automobiles,
either into each other or into fixed obstructions in any place, public
or private, which creates excessive noise so as to constitute a disturbance
to the neighbors or passersby in the vicinity.
F. Loading, unloading or opening boxes. The creation of loud and excessive
noise in connection with the loading or unloading of any vehicle or
any opening and destruction of bales, boxes, crates or containers.
G. Schools, courts or churches. The creation of any excessive noise
on any street adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church
or court while the same is in use, which unreasonably interferes with
the working of such institution or which disturbs or unduly annoys
the occupants thereof, provided that conspicuous signs are displayed
in such streets indicating the same is a school, hospital or court
street.
H. Drums. The use of any drum or other instrument or device for the
purpose of attracting attention by the creation of noise to any performance,
show or sale.
I. Hawkers and peddlers. The shouting and crying of peddlers, hawkers
and venders which disturbs the peace and quiet of the neighborhood.
J. Transportation of metal rails, pillars and columns. The transportation
of rails, pillars or columns of iron, steel or other materials over
and along streets or any other public places upon carts, trays, cars
or trucks, or in any other manner, so loaded as to cause loud noises
or as to disturb the peace and quiet of such streets or other public
places.
K. Operation of railroad cars and buses. The causing, permitting or
continuing of any excessive, unnecessary and avoidable noise in the
operation of railroads, cars, locomotives and buses.
L. Pile drivers or hammers. The operation other than between the hours
of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays of any pile driver, steam shovel,
bulldozer or other earth-moving machinery, pneumatic hammer, derrick,
steam or electric hoist or other appliance, the use of which is attended
by loud or unusual noise.
M. Blowers. The operation of any blower or power fan from any internal
combustion engine, the operation of which causes noise due to the
explosion of operating gases or fluids, unless the noise from such
blower or fan is muffled and such engine is equipped with a muffler
device sufficient to deaden such noise.
[Amended 2-2-1977 by Ord. No. 1191]
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,
either real or personal, or the premises owned, operated 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 from a distance greater than 100 feet from the property or premises
where 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, clubroom or public park, nor shall
it apply to electrical amplification of clock chimes.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or
their agents or employees, engaged in the collection of garbage, rubbish
or refuse in the Borough of West View, to make any such collections
between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., current time, or on
any Sunday or legal holiday.