No person shall operate or permit to be operated
a refuse-collecting vehicle which, when collecting or compacting,
exceeds a sound level of 80 db(A)'s at a distance of 10 feet from
any surface of the collecting or compacting unit.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated
any recreational vehicle, including snowmobiles:
A. On private property of another without the express
prior written consent of the owner and the occupant of said property.
Such consent may be revoked at any time by the grantor thereof. Where
such express prior written consent has been obtained, the operator
or person at the site responsible for such operation shall keep said
consent on his person and available for immediate display at all times
during the period of such operation. Excepted from the operation of
this subsection are any private clubs or other organizations that
permit the operation of recreational motor vehicles on their property
in connection with the principal use of said property by the members
of any such club or organization.
B. On any public grounds or property, including Town-
or school-owned land, which shall include but not be limited to parks,
ball parks and recreation areas.
C. In such a manner as to create unnecessary noise so
as to unreasonably disturb or interfere with persons in the peaceful
and quiet enjoyment of their property. To this end, no person shall
operate a recreational motor vehicle before the hour of 9:00 a.m.
and after the hour of 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, or sunset, whichever
shall first occur.
D. In a careless, reckless or negligent manner so as
to endanger the safety or property of any person.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated
any aircraft so as to cause a violation of the Federal Aviation Administration's
certified noise levels as presented in any advisory circular and/or
in all future revisions and publications.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated
an air compressor, unless a muffler certified by the manufacture of
such muffler to provide a dynamic insertion loss of not less than
20 db(A)'s of the sound emitted from the exhaust of such compressor
is installed on such exhaust.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated
a paving breaker manufactured prior to December 31, 1974, other than
one operated electrically or hydraulically, unless a muffler certified
by the manufacturer of such muffler to provide a dynamic insertion
loss of five db(A)'s of the sound emitted from the air exhaust of
such paving breaker is installed on such air exhaust.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated a place of public entertainment, including but not limited to a restaurant, bar, cafe, discotheque or dance hall, in which the sound level is equal to or exceeds 95 db(A)'s for more than 30 seconds at the location of the spectators or which does not meet the levels provided for in Article
IV.
The sections and provisions of this article
shall be revised or amended from time to time in order to be kept
current with all updated federal and/or state noise-level standards.