No person shall make, cause, allow, or permit to be made any unreasonable noise within the geographical boundaries of the Town or within those areas over which the Town has jurisdiction between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. except as otherwise provided herein. The standards to be considered in determining whether an unreasonable noise exists include, but are not limited to, the following:
A. 
The volume of the noise;
B. 
The frequency of the noise;
C. 
The periodicity of the noise;
D. 
Whether the noise is unusual and incongruous with the surrounding environment;
E. 
The volume and frequency of the ambient noise, if any;
F. 
The proximity of the noise source to any residential, educational, medical, religious or judicial facility;
G. 
The use, nature and character of the zoning district of the immediate area where the noise source exists;
H. 
The time of day or night the noise occurs; and
I. 
The duration of the noise.
In addition to the general prohibitions set forth in § 149-5 hereof, any of the following acts and causes thereof which either annoy, disturb, injure or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of a reasonable person of normal sensibilities are declared to be in violation of this chapter and to constitute unreasonable noise:
A. 
No person shall operate or use or cause to be operated any loudspeaker, public-address system or similar amplification device at a sound level in excess of 50 dBA when measured at or within the real property line of the receiving property between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., except when used in connection with a public emergency by officers of the Security Force, a Police Department, Fire Department or of any municipal entity.
B. 
Using or operating any sound reproduction device in excess of 50 dBA when measured at or within the real property line of the receiving property or within the real property line of the receiving property between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. for commercial or business advertising purposes or for the purposes of attracting attention to any performance, show or sale or display of merchandise in connection with any commercial operation in front or outside any building, place or premises, or through any aperture of such building, place or premises, abutting on or adjacent to any public right-of-way, or in or upon any vehicle operated, standing or being in or on any public right-of-way, or from any stand, platform or other structure, or from any airplane or other device used for flying over the Town of Clifton Park, or on any public right-of-way. Nothing in this subsection is intended to prohibit sound emanating from sporting, hunting or public entertainment or other public events where such devices are used except as otherwise provided.
C. 
No animal or bird owner or custodian shall permit his or her animal or bird to cause annoyance, alarm, or noise disturbance for more than 15 minutes' duration between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., by repeated barking, whining, screeching, howling, braying or other like sounds which can be heard beyond the boundary of the owner's property. Nothing herein shall be deemed to supersede the provisions of Chapter 92 of the Town Code, except that only one complaint, from a single person, shall be required as the basis for enforcing the provisions of this Subsection C.
D. 
The creation of any noise disturbance between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., including, but not limited to, shouting, yelling, calling, or hooting so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort and repose of a reasonable person of normal sensibilities.
E. 
Self-contained, portable, hand-held music or sound amplification or reproduction equipment shall not be operated on a public space or public right-of-way in such manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 25 feet in any direction from the operator between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
F. 
No person shall cause or permit the creation of any noise disturbance between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. by means of any device or otherwise on any sidewalk, street or public place adjacent to any school, court, house of worship, public library or adjacent to any hospital or nursing home so that such sound disrupts the normal activities conducted at such facilities or disturbs or annoys persons making use of such facilities.
G. 
No person shall engage in, cause or permit the loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials or similar objects between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. which creates sound in excess of 50 dBA when measured at or within the residential real property line of the receiving property.
H. 
No person shall cause or permit to be caused the sounding of any horn or other auditory signaling device on or in any motor vehicle except to serve as a warning of imminent danger between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. where such sound is plainly audible across a residential property line.
I. 
No person shall operate or permit to be operated any tools or equipment used in construction, drilling, excavations or demolition work, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., where such sound is plainly audible across a residential property line, except the provisions of this section shall not apply to emergency work.
In addition to the general prohibitions set forth in § 149-5 hereof and those specific prohibitions set forth in § 149-6 hereof, the following general prohibitions regarding continuous sound levels shall apply in determining unreasonable noise:
A. 
No person shall make, cause, allow, or permit the operation of any source of sound in any public space or right-of-way in such a manner as to create a sound level that exceeds 50 dBA for more than five minutes' duration between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. when measured at or within the real property line of the receiving property, except as provided in Subsection B.
B. 
When measuring sound within a dwelling unit of a multi-dwelling-unit building, all exterior doors and windows shall be closed and the measurements shall be taken in the center of the receiving room.
A. 
Motor vehicle sound level limits and equipment shall be in compliance with the provisions of any state or federal law, including but not limited to §§ 386 and 375 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law.
B. 
No person shall operate a motor vehicle in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., such as by, but not limited to, spinning or squealing the tires of such vehicle.
C. 
No person shall allow noise from an automobile alarm to continue in excess of five minutes' duration after it has been activated.
D. 
From 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. no sound reproductive device level in or from a motor vehicle shall exceed 50 dBA as measured from the nearest curb or edge of the roadway or be plainly audible more than 25 feet in any direction from the motor vehicle from which the sound emanates.