[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Wilkins 9-9-1974 by Ord. No. 561 (Ch. 110 of the 1998 Township Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue or cause to be made or continued any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the Township of Wilkins limits.
No person shall sound any horn or any signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle or motor bicycle or other vehicle in any street or public place of the Township of Wilkins except as a danger warning signal, nor activate any such signal device that is unreasonably loud or harsh, nor shall any person sound any such device for an unnecessary and unreasonable period of time; nor shall any air horn be used.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle or motorcycle or motor scooter in the Township of Wilkins without an appropriate muffling device on the exhaust system of said vehicle in order to prevent any unnecessary and unreasonably loud or harsh sound.
[Amended 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 917]
No person shall use, operate or permit to be played any radio receiving set, musical instrument, television, phonograph or other machine or device for producing or reproducing sound in such a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of neighboring inhabitants, nor shall machines or devices be operated at any time with louder volume than is necessary for convenient hearing for the person or persons who are in the room, vehicle, chamber or building or open lot in or on in which such machine or device is operated and who are voluntary listeners thereto. The operation of any such instrument, machine or device in such a manner as to be audible at a distance of 50 feet from the building, structure, vehicle or open lot in which it is located is prohibited.
No person shall use, operate or permit to be played, used or operated any sound-amplifying machine for the producing or reproducing of sound which is cast upon the public streets for the purpose of advertising.
No person shall yell, shout, hoot, whistle or sing on the public streets between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., nor anytime or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any building or of any persons in the vicinity.
The keeping of any animal or bird which causes frequent or long-continued noise which disturbs the comfort or repose of any person in the vicinity is prohibited.
The erection, including excavation, demolition, alteration, construction or repair of any building, other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., except in the case of urgent necessity in the interest of public health and safety, is prohibited.
No person shall create any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church or other public building while the same are in use which unreasonably interferes with the workings of such institution or which disturbs or unduly annoys the pupils, churchgoers or others inside such building.
No peddler, hawker or vendor shall shout or otherwise cry his wares which disturbs the peace and quiet of the neighborhood.
The operation between the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. of any pile driver, steam or power shovel, excavating equipment, pneumatic hammer, steam or electric hoist or other appliance, the use of which is attended by loud or unusual noise, is prohibited.
[Amended 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 917; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
This chapter shall be enforced by action brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. Any person, partnership, corporation or other entity who or which violates or permits a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment of the fine and costs of prosecution, shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that the violation continues shall be considered a separate offense.