Every person violating any of the provisions of any ordinance of the Town relating to traffic shall be liable to pay a fine specified by the individual ordinance or a fine of $20 for each such offense if no fine is specified, except violators of the consecutive parking violation provisions as set forth in §§ 248-35 and 248-46.
A. 
Unnecessary, excessive or offensive vehicular noise. Any sound or noise emanating from any vehicle(s) in motion, parked or standing on any streets, land parcels or properties, public or private, within the Town of East Greenwich, plainly audible to a person of reasonably sensitive hearing at a distance of 200 feet from its source, shall be deemed a prima facie violation of this article.
B. 
For the purposes of this section, "plainly audible" means any sound which clearly can be heard by unimpaired auditory senses based on a direct line of sight of 200 feet or more from the source of the sound and which crosses a property boundary line or boundary between two dwelling units; however, words or phrases need not be discernible, and said sound shall include base reverberation.
C. 
Any operator of any vehicle violating the provisions of this chapter shall be fined according to the following:
(1) 
First offense: $100.
(2) 
Second offense: $250.
(3) 
Third and subsequent offenses: $500.
D. 
Any and all emergency vehicles engaged in official business requiring audible warning or public address shall be exempt from any provision of this article.