As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
SOUND-AMPLIFYING EQUIPMENT
Any machine or device for the amplification of the human
voice, music or other sound. "Sound-amplifying equipment" shall not
be construed as including standard automobile radios when used and
heard only by occupants of the vehicle in which installed or warning
devices of authorized emergency vehicles or horns or other warning
devices on other vehicles used only for traffic safety purposes.
SOUND TRUCK
Any motor vehicle having mounted thereon or attached thereto
any sound-amplifying equipment.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue or cause
to be made or continued any loud, unnecessary, unnatural or unusual
noise or any noise that either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers
the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the
corporate limits of the Town of Smithsburg.
The following shall be exempt from this chapter:
A. Authorized emergency vehicles of any law enforcement, fire and rescue
or related agencies when operated within the scope of their authority
or as necessary for the public's safety.
B. Between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., noise created by loading
chemical, industrial or residential trash or debris from any construction
site or the loading or unloading of any boxes, crates, equipment or
other objects related to general conduct of routine business within
the Town of Smithsburg.
C. Noise created by equipment, vehicles, etc., as necessary for the
purpose of conducting emergency work, i.e., that work necessary to
restore property to a safe condition following a public calamity or
to protect persons or property from an imminent exposure to danger,
regardless of the time.
D. Noise created by routine construction work by the Town of Smithsburg
or a bona fide contractor during daylight hours, i.e., between official
sunrise and sunset.
E. Exemptions authorized by permission of the Mayor and Council, Town
of Smithsburg, at a duly authorized meeting for the intended purpose
of public entertainment.
Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed
a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of $50 for the first
offense and a fine of not more than $150 or imprisonment in the Washington
County Detention Center for not more than six months, or both, for
the second and each subsequent offense, upon conviction thereof.