[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Shorewood
as Ch. 13, Art. V and § 13-1703 of the 1986 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Amended 9-3-1991 by Ord. No. 1614]
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause to be
made or continued any noise which is unreasonably loud or any noise which
either unreasonably annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose,
health, peace or safety of others, within the limits of the Village.
The following acts, among others, are declared to be unreasonably loud
or disturbing and unnecessary noises in violation of this chapter, but said
enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive, namely:
A.
Horns or signaling devices. The sounding of any horn
or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle, or other vehicle on any
street or public place of the Village, except as a danger warning; the creation
by means of any such signaling device of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound;
the sounding of any such device for any unnecessary or unreasonable period
of time; and the use of any signaling device or the use of any horn, whistle
or any other device which creates any unreasonable, loud or harsh sounds for
an unnecessary or unreasonable period of time.
B.
Radios, phonographs, televisions and musical instruments.
Using, operating, or permitting to be played, used or operated any radio,
musical instrument, phonograph, television, or other machine or device for
the producing or reproducing of sound in such manner as to unreasonably disturb
the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants or at any time
with louder volume than is reasonably necessary for convenient hearing for
the person or persons who are in the room, vehicle or chamber in which such
machine or device is operated and who are voluntary listeners thereto. The
operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device between
the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such a manner as to be plainly audible
at a distance of 50 feet from the building, structure or vehicle in which
it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this subsection.
[Amended 9-3-1991 by Ord. No. 1614]
C.
Loudspeakers and amplifiers for advertising. The using,
operating or permitting to be played, used or operated of any radio, musical
instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier, television or other
machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound which is cast
upon the public streets for the purpose of commercial advertising or attracting
the attention of the public to any building or structure, automobile or other
vehicle.
D.
Yelling or shouting. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling,
or singing on the public streets between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00
a.m. or at any time or place so as to unreasonably annoy or disturb the quiet,
comfort, or repose of persons in any office, or in any dwelling, hotel or
other type of residence, or of any persons in the vicinity.
E.
Animals or birds. The keeping of any animal or bird which
by causing unreasonable frequent or long-continued noise shall disturb the
comfort or repose of any person in the vicinity.
F.
Exhausts. The discharge into the open air of the exhaust
of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, motorboat, or
motor vehicle except through a muffler or other device which will effectively
prevent unreasonably loud or explosive noises therefrom.
G.
Defect in vehicle or load. The use of any automobile,
motorcycle, or vehicle so out of repair, so loaded, or in such manner as to
create unreasonably loud or unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other
unreasonable noise.
H.
Exhaust (jake) brakes. The creation of excessive noise by motor
vehicles, typically large trucks, by the use of exhaust brakes commonly known
as "jake brakes" unless such brakes are necessarily used in an emergency situation.[1]
I.
Loading, unloading and opening boxes. The creation of
an unreasonably loud and excessive noise in connection with loading or unloading
any vehicle or the opening or destruction of bales, boxes, crates, and containers,
between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
J.
Construction or repairing of buildings. The erection
(including excavating), demolition, alteration or repair of any building other
than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays, except in case
of urgent necessity in the interest of public health and safety, and then
only with a permit from the Building Inspector, which permit may be granted
for a period not to exceed three days or less while the emergency continues
and which permit may be renewed for periods of three days or less while the
emergency continues. If the Building Inspector should determine that the public
health and safety will not be impaired by the erection, demolition, alteration
or repair of any building or the excavation of streets and highways between
the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and if he shall further determine that
loss or inconvenience would result to any party in interest, he may grant
permission for such work to be done between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00
a.m. upon application being made at the time the permit for the work is awarded
or during the progress of the work.
K.
Schools, courts, churches and hospitals. The creation
of any unreasonable noise on any street adjacent to any school, institution
of learning, church or court while the same is in use, or adjacent to any
hospital, which unreasonably interferes with the workings of such institution,
or which disturbs or unreasonably annoys patients in the hospital, provided
that conspicuous signs are displayed in such streets indicating that the same
is a school, hospital, church, or court street.
L.
Transportation of metal rails, pillars and columns. The
transportation of rails, pillars or columns of iron, steel or other materials
over and along streets and other public places upon carts, drays, cars, trucks,
or in any other manner so loaded as to cause unreasonably loud noises or as
to disturb the peace and quiet of such streets or other public places.
M.
Equipment, machinery or vehicles. The operation between
the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of any equipment, machinery or vehicles,
the use of which is attended by unreasonably loud noise.
N.
Air conditioners or blowers. The operation of any air
conditioners or blowers or power fans of any nature or kind which, in their
operation, shall cause unreasonably loud noises which are preventable by the
use of proper modern equipment (a muffler device sufficient to deaden such
noise) and by the efficient maintenance thereof.
[Amended 9-3-1991 by Ord. No. 1614]
[Amended 9-3-1991 by Ord. No. 1614]
No person or persons working between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00
a.m. shall make any unreasonably loud noises in conducting said work between
the hours above stated.
No peddlers or vendors shall call or cause to be called out within the
limits of this Village any price, goods, wares or merchandise, in a desire
to sell or to buy.
