This chapter shall be known as the "Oakmont
Borough Nuisance Ordinance."
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the
health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of Oakmont Borough.
The following words and phrases used in this
chapter shall have the following definitions:
ANIMALS
The keeping of any animal or animals in such a manner as
to cause loud noise or offensive odors or to attract vermin or to
disturb the peace and tranquillity of the neighborhood.
EXCESSIVE OR LOUD NOISE
Any noise or sound of such intensity as to cause to any group
of persons of normal sensibilities on premises other than the premises
wherein the noise is created, or upon any public highway or road within
the borough, severe annoyance and discomfort, or is of such intensity
as to prohibit or seriously interfere with normal conversation between
persons, where such noise is of a continuous nature or of a continuous
duration of time in excess of five minutes, or any such noise that
occurs for any period of time more than three times within any twenty-four-hour
period.
No person, partnership, association or corporation
shall continue, maintain, establish or carry on any of the following
prohibited acts or activities on any public or private property in
Oakmont Borough if such act or activity is determined to be and constitutes
a nuisance in fact:
E. The conducting of any serious or offensive manufacture
or business by reason of odor, dust, fumes, smoke, gas, vibration,
illumination or noise.
G. The maintenance or causing of any loud or excessive
noise or sound.
H. The maintenance of any unfenced excavation, open well,
cistern or swimming pool.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed
so as to prevent the borough or any other person from pursuing any
other remedies permitted in law or in equity for injunctive relief,
damages, abatement of nuisances or other legal procedures for any
violation of this chapter or for the causing, creating or maintaining
of any nuisance and/or by filing a municipal claim in the Civil Division
of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.