(A) General. No person shall make, permit, or cause to be made, any excessive noise of any kind by crying, calling, or shouting, or by means of any whistle, rattle, bell, gong, clapper, hammer, drum, horn, hand organ, mechanically operated piano, other musical instrument, wind instrument, mechanical device, radio, phonograph, or sound amplifying or other similar electronic device, unless said person has obtained a special permit from the borough as provided in this subchapter.
(B) Musical instruments. No person shall use or perform on any hand organ or other musical instrument or device, for pay or in expectation of payment, in any public way or public open space of the borough before 6:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. of the day, unless said person has obtained a special permit from the borough.
(C) Noise from premises. No person owning or in possession or control of any building or premises shall use the same, permit the use of the same, or rent the same to be used for any business or employment or residential use, or for any purpose of pleasure or recreation if such use shall, by noise emitted therefrom or by the boisterous nature, disturb or destroy the peace of the neighborhood.
(D) Equipment noise. It shall be unlawful for any person to use any pile driver, shovel, hammer, derrick, hoist, tractor, roller, or other mechanical equipment operated by fuel or electric power, from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. of the following day, except for emergency work on public improvements, work of public utilities, or municipal services. Commercial trash collection shall be unlawful from 9:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. of the following day.
(E) Noise in handling refuse cans. No person shall make any unnecessary noise in the handling of ash, trash or garbage cans, dumpsters, or other trash or garbage receptacles, either in loading or unloading, whether full or empty.
(F) Noise in the vicinity of hospitals, schools, and churches. No person shall make any unnecessary noise in the vicinity of any hospital, or church during the hours of public worship, or school during school hours.
(G) Unlawful to keep noisy animals. No person shall keep or permit to be kept, harbor, or otherwise maintain any animal which shall disturb the quiet of any public street or other public place or of any neighborhood. Provided, however, that a NOISY ANIMAL shall be defined as one or more animals which makes noises habitually, so as to constitute annoyance to a person of ordinary sensibilities.
(H) Noise by peddlers. No peddler or other person who plies a trade or calling of any nature on the streets of the borough shall use any horn, bell, or other sound instrument to make any noise tending to disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood for the purpose of directing attention to his or her wares, trade, or calling.
(I) Use of horns and other devices on vehicles. No person, operating any vehicle other than the police, fire, public service, or ambulance operators, shall sound any horn, bell, gong, siren, or whistle, except for the ordinary horn installed on such vehicle by the manufacturer, or sound any horn, except when reasonably necessary to prevent accidents or to otherwise comply with the law of motor vehicles.
(J) Use of radios, stereos, or similar devices in vehicles. No person shall use any radio, stereo, communications equipment, or similar device from or within a vehicle unless the volume of the sound, music, or noise emitted thereby is kept at a level which is not audible at a distance of 15 feet or more from the vehicle.
(K) Exception. The operational performance standards established by this subchapter shall not apply to any public performance being conducted in accordance with the provisions of a special permit obtained from the borough for the conduct thereof.
(Prior Code, Ch. 10, Pt. 3, § 306) (Ord. 2-2001, passed 7-2-2001; Ord. 2017-02, passed 2-6-2017) Penalty, see § 92.999