(a) Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles on Public Rights of Way. No person shall operate or cause to be operated a public or private motor vehicle or motorcycle, or any equipment attached to a such a vehicle, on a public right of way at any time in such a manner that the sound level emitted by the motor vehicle or motorcycle, or any equipment attached to such a vehicle, exceeds the level set forth in Pennsylvania Code Title 67, Chapter 157, entitled "Established Sound Levels."
(b) Standing Motor Vehicles. No person shall operate or permit the operation of any motor vehicle or any auxiliary equipment attached to such a vehicle for a period longer than fifteen minutes in any hour while the vehicle is stationary, for reasons other than traffic congestion, anywhere within 150 feet of any residence in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential property line (boundary).
(c) Unnecessary Horn Blowing. No person shall at any time sound the horn or other warning device of a vehicle except when absolutely necessary as a warning while actually driving such vehicle or unless necessary in the testing of such for State inspection purposes.
(d) Sound Trucks. No person shall operate sound-amplifying equipment mounted on or attached to any motor vehicle at any time in such a manner as to exceed the maximum permissible motor vehicle noise emissions as set forth in subsection (a) hereof.
(Ord. 2264. Passed 4-17-00.)