(a) No person shall generate or permit to be generated unreasonable noise or loud sound which is likely to cause inconvenience or annoyance to persons of ordinary sensibilities by means of a radio, phonograph, television, tape player, compact disc player, loud speaker or any other sound amplifying device or by a horn, drum, piano or other musical or percussion instrument.
It is prima facie unlawful for a person to generate or permit to be generated sound by the above described devices or instruments in the following circumstances:
(1) On private property between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. where the sound is audible more than 60 feet from the source of the sound; or
(2) On two-family and multi-family dwellings between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. where the sound is audible beyond the confines of the unit from where the source of the sound is generated; or
(3) On a street, highway or in the public right-of-way where the sound is audible 60 feet from the device generating the sound. Persons in possession of a current permit or activities of a school are exempt from the provisions of this sub-paragraph.
(b) No person, being the owner, or person in possession of a premises or person in control of the premises by reason of employment, agency or otherwise whether such ownership, possession or control is exclusive or joint, shall permit a violation of this section.
(c) Warning and alarm devices which have the purpose of signaling unsafe or dangerous situations or calling for police are exempted from the prohibitions of this section when used for such purposes.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, except if the offender persists in this violation after reasonable warning or request to desist, a violation hereof is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 16-94. Passed 2-15-94.)