[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Longmeadow as §§ 6-401 to 6-410 of the General Bylaws. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A person shall not engage in a game, exercise or amusement in a public way or a private way to which the public has access if the game, exercise or amusement interferes with the safe or convenient use of the public way or the game, exercise or amusement disturbs the safety of a person or property or the peace and quiet of a person.
A person shall not throw or shoot a ball, stone, arrow, missile, snowball, ice, stick, brick or other hard substance in a public way or private way to which the public has access, if the throwing or shooting of the object interferes with the safe or convenient use of the public way or disturbs the safety of a person or property or the peace or quiet of a person.
A person shall not fire a weapon, discharge a missile or discharge an explosive or dangerous material in a public way. This section does not apply to an activity for which a permit has been given by the Select Board or to an activity that is required or justified by law.
A. 
A person shall not discharge a firearm, rifle or shotgun within the limits of the Town. This subsection does not apply to lawful defense of a person or property, or to an activity for which permission has been given by the landowner or resident and by the Select Board. For the purpose of this bylaw, a "firearm" shall be defined as any instrument used in the propulsion of shot, shell, bullets, or ball by the use of gunpowder.
B. 
Hunting by any means or trapping of wildlife is prohibited within the limits of the Town except on a property owner's or resident's own property or on another owner's or resident's property with the written permission of the owner or resident. A copy of such written permission shall be placed on file with the Police Department. This subsection shall not be construed to permit hunting by means of a firearm within the limits of the Town.
A person shall not distribute a handbill, circular or other advertising device on a public way or any place to which the public has access unless the handbill, circular or other advertising device is given in hand or placed within the door of a store, office, business house or residence or vehicle.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. 6-406, Curfew, of the General Bylaws, which immediately followed this section, was disapproved and deleted by the Attorney General 8-7-1985.
A. 
A person shall not create any unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise in the Town.
B. 
An unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise includes, but is not limited to:
(1) 
Motor vehicles. The sounding of a horn or signal device on an automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle for the purpose of making an unreasonably loud or harsh sound, or for an unnecessary and unreasonably long time; the sounding of a horn or signal device while the vehicle is not in motion, except as a danger signal if another vehicle is approaching and appears to be out of control; the sounding of a horn or signal device if the vehicle is in motion when the sounding of the horn or signal device is not connected to its use as a danger signal.
(2) 
Radios, phonographs or musical instruments. The playing of a radio, phonograph or musical instrument in a manner or with such a volume, particularly during the hours between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., that the instrument is likely to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of a person in a dwelling, hotel or other kind of residence.
(3) 
Churches, schools, hospitals and courts. The creation of a noise on any street adjacent to a church, school, institution of learning, court or place of public meeting, while the same is in session, or adjacent to any hospital or nursing home, if the noise is excessive and tends unreasonably to interfere with their use.
(4) 
Peddlers and hawkers. The shouting and crying of a peddler, hawker or vendor that disturbs the peace and quiet of the neighborhood.
(5) 
Drums; loudspeakers. The use of any drum, loudspeaker or other instrument or device for the purpose of attracting attention by the creation of noise.
(6) 
Heavy equipment. The operation of a bulldozer, power shovel, roller or other heavy equipment after the hour of 9:00 p.m. and before the hour of 7:00 a.m.
(7) 
Sound trucks. The use of a sound truck or other advertising sound vehicle.
[Amended 10-25-2022STM by Art. 23, approved 2-22-2023]
A person who is not authorized to do so shall not sound, within the limits of the Town, a whistle or siren horn in a way that imitates the whistle or siren horn used by the Fire Department, Police Department or Public Works Department of the Town.
A person shall not enter upon the premises of another person with the intention of looking into the windows of a house or spying in any manner upon a person or persons. This section does not apply to a law enforcement officer who is in the performance of his duties.
A person shall not swim or bathe in a pool or in a body of water in the Town so divested of clothing as to be indecently exposed to the view of a person who is lawfully passing or is lawfully located in a public place, on a public way or in a place to which the public has access.