Any of the following acts and causes thereof which either annoy, disturb,
injure or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace, safety, or welfare
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 permit any animal or bird to cause annoyance,
alarm, or noise disturbance for more than 15 minutes at any time of the day
or night, by repeated barking, whining, screeching, howling, braying or other
like sounds which can be heard beyond the boundary of the owner's property.
B. The shouting, yelling, crying or hooting of peddlers,
hawkers and vendors.
C. No person shall cause or permit to be caused the excessive
sounding of any horn or other auditory signaling device on or in any motor
vehicle except to serve as a warning of danger.
D. 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 6:00 a.m. the following day, except
the provisions of this section shall not apply to emergency work, municipal
construction or repair work, or any work generating below 80 db of noise (as
measured at the property line by a sound level meter).
E. No person shall cause or permit the operation of any
device, vehicle, construction equipment or lawn maintenance equipment, including
but not limited to any diesel engine, internal combustion engine or turbine
engine, without a properly functioning muffler in good working order.
F. Noise from power tools, lawn mowers, leaf blowers or
agricultural equipment when operated on a residential property before 7:00
a.m.
G. Any noise which, when measured by sound level meter at
the property line of the parcel from which it is emanating or at a distance
of 20 feet if it is emanating from something or someone on a street, is in
excess of 75 db between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Vessel and boat sound level limits and equipment shall be in compliance
with provisions of any state law including, but not limited to § 44
of the New York State Navigation Law.