[Ord. 2003-2, 6/2/2003]
The Borough Council of the Borough of Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, finds as a fact that the operation of an engine brake or an engine suppression device or a compression brake (sometimes referred to as "Jake brakes") on a gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle not equipped with exhaust mufflers, or equipped with defective or modified exhaust mufflers, so as to create or cause excessive noise through the use of said engine brake or engine-suppression device or a compression brake, adversely affects the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Borough of Watsontown and, therefore, is a nuisance in fact.
[Ord. 2003-2, 6/2/2003]
No gasoline-powered or diesel-powered motor vehicle shall be operated on the streets, roads, alleys or highways listed below within the Borough of Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, utilizing, in said operation, an engine brake, engine-suppression device or compression brake, without exhaust mufflers, or with defective or modified exhaust mufflers permitting or causing excessive noise to be created by said motor vehicle.
[Ord. 2003-2, 6/2/2003]
1. 
The following streets shall be subject to this prohibition:
A. 
Brimmer Avenue (SR 1014) from the Borough's western boundary line east to the intersection with Main Street;
B. 
The entire length of Main Street (SR 44 & 405); and
C. 
The entire length of Eighth Street (SR 1006).
[Ord. 2003-2, 6/2/2003]
This Part 4 shall not apply to emergency vehicles being operated in an emergency mode or emergency driving situations requiring the utilization of an engine brake to protect the safety and property of the residents of Watsontown Borough, other motor vehicle operators, pedestrians, and the operator and passengers of the motor vehicle involved in said emergency situation.
[Ord. 2003-2, 6/2/2003]
Any person, firm, corporation or organization violating any of the provisions of this Part 4 shall, upon summary conviction before a Magisterial District Judge having jurisdiction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 or more than $300 and costs of prosecution, and, in default of the payment thereof, shall be sentenced to undergo imprisonment in the Northumberland County Prison for a period not to exceed 10 days.