(a) All motor vehicles, motorcycles, and motorboats shall be operated as quietly as possible at all times within the town. No person shall operate any motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorboat in such a manner so as to cause unnecessary noise within the town.
(b) No person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street or highway shall amplify from within the motor vehicle the sound produced by a radio, tape player, or other mechanical sound making device or instrument used for entertainment, so that the sound is plainly audible at a distance of 25 feet or more from the motor vehicle.
(c) No person shall remove or render inoperative, or cause to be removed or rendered inoperative, other than for purposes of maintenance, repair, or replacement, any muffler or sound dissipative device on a motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorboat operated within the town.
(d) No person shall operate, or permit the operation within the town of any motor vehicle, motorcycle, or motorboat without factory installed mufflers or their equivalent; provided that if no factory installed or equivalent muffler was present at the time of manufacture of the motor vehicle, motorcycle, or motorboat, then sound emanating from the motor vehicle, motorcycle, or motorboat shall be effectively muffled in a reasonable manner by equipment so constructed and used to muffle sound.
(e) No person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass, or similar device upon a motor vehicle or motorcycle operated within the town.
(f) No person in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within the town shall use a dynamic braking system unless said use is necessary to prevent or avoid an accident that may cause property damage, injury, or loss of life. This provision shall not apply to fire trucks or other emergency vehicles equipped with a dynamic braking system.
(Ord. 15-02. Passed 11-19-15.)