As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CONSTRUCTION
Any or all activity, except tunneling, necessary or incidental
to the erection, demolition, assembling, altering, installing or equipment
of buildings, public or private highways, roads, premises, parks,
utility lines (including such lines in already constructed tunnels)
or other property, including land clearing, grading, excavating and
filling.
EMERGENCY
A public calamity or an exposure of any person or property
to imminent danger.
EMERGENCY SIGNAL DEVICE
Any gong, siren, whistle, air horn or similar device, the
use of which on emergency vehicles is permitted by Subdivision 26
of § 375 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
EXCESSIVE NOISE
Any sound which endangers or injures the safety or health
of humans or animals or annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of
normal sensitivity or endangers or injures personal or real property.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn, which is propelled by any power
other than muscular power, except vehicles which run only upon rails
or tracks. This definition shall include, but not be limited to, trucks,
buses, automobiles, vans, motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, motor
scooters, dune buggies, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, go-carts,
minibikes, trail bikes and all other types of motorized recreational
vehicles.
NOISE
Any erratic, intermittent or continuous or statistically
random oscillation or unwanted sound.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, corporation, association,
firm, organization, governmental agency, administration or department
or any other group of individuals or any officer or employee thereof.
No person shall keep or harbor any animal or bird, whether such
animal or bird is a family pet or otherwise, which, by causing loud
and frequent or excessive noise or by generating noise which is of
excessive duration, disturbs the comfort or repose of residents in
the vicinity.
No person shall operate or use or cause to be operated or used
any emergency signal device or alarm, except:
A. On an emergency vehicle when such vehicle is in the immediate act
of responding to an emergency.
B. To give notice as a warning of an emergency or other situation in
which the sounding of an alarm is reasonable and appropriate; or
C. In order to reasonably test such device.
No person shall make or permit to be made excessive noise in
connection with loading or unloading of any vehicle or the opening,
unloading or destruction of bales, boxes, crates and containers.
This chapter shall be administered and entered by the Village
Code Enforcement Officer or any law enforcement official with jurisdiction
in the Village of Lima.