[Adopted 9-12-1977 by Ord. No. 714, approved 9-12-1977]
[Amended 4-6-1987 by Ord.
No. 943, approved 4-6-1987; 12-7-1992 by Ord. No.
1035, approved 12-7-1992]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle on any public
street or private property in the Borough of Middletown in such a
manner as to make any unnecessary sound which annoys, disturbs or
perturbs reasonable persons with normal sensitivities or reasonably
may be perceived to injure or endanger the comfort, repose, health,
peace or safety of any person, whether by racing the motor, spinning
the wheels or other means lacking redeeming social utility.
B.
Such operation includes operation of any part of a vehicle, such
as its motor, irrespective of the extent, if any, to which the entire
vehicle is in motion. It may be standing or parked.
C.
A fine not to exceed $1,000 plus costs of prosecution, and, upon
refusal to pay fine and costs, imprisonment in the Dauphin County
Jail for a period not exceeding 30 days shall be the sentence, upon
conviction thereof, for any person who shall be in violation of this
article.
All provisions and terms and any application thereof are severable.
No application of this section to ambulance, fire or police vehicles,
however, is intended.
