[Ord. 1-2001, 8/13/2001, § 1]
This Part shall be known as the Hughesville Borough "Engine
Suppression Brake Ordinance."
[Ord. 1-2001, 8/13/2001, § 2]
The Borough Council of the Borough of Hughesville, Lycoming
County, Pennsylvania, finds as a fact that the operation of an engine
brake or an engine suppression device or a compression brake 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 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 Hughesville and, therefore, is a nuisance in fact.
[Ord. 1-2001, 8/13/2001, § 3]
No gasoline powered or diesel powered motor vehicle shall be
operated on the streets, roads, alleys or highways listed below within
the Borough of Hughesville, Lycoming 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 excessive noise to be created by said motor vehicle.
[Ord. 1-2001, 8/13/2001, § 4]
The streets subject to this prohibition shall be as follows:
A. Water Street, State Route 118, east and west.
B. Main Street, State Route 405, north and south.
[Ord. 1-2001, 8/13/2001, § 5]
This Part shall not apply to emergency driving situations requiring
the utilization of an engine brake to protect the safety and property
of the residents of Hughesville Borough, other motor vehicle operations,
pedestrians and the operator and passengers of the motor vehicle involved
in said emergency situation.
[Ord. 1-2001, 8/13/2001, § 6]
Any person, firm, corporation or organization violating any
of the provisions of this Part shall, upon summary conviction before
a district magistrate 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 Lycoming County Jail for a period not to exceed 10 days.