(A) General regulations. No person, firm, or corporation shall cause or create any unreasonable or unnecessarily loud noise or disturbance, injurious to the health, peace, or quiet of the residents and property owners of the township.
(B) Specific violation. The following noises and disturbances are hereby declared to be a violation of this subchapter, provided, however, that the specification of the same is not thereby to be construed to exclude other violations of this subchapter not specifically enumerated:
(1) The playing of any radio, phonograph, television, or other electronic or mechanical sound-producing device, including any musical instrument in such manner or with such volume as to unreasonably upset or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of other persons;
(2) Yelling, shouting, hooting, or singing on the public streets between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or at any time or place so as to unreasonably upset or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of any persons in the vicinity;
(3) The emission or creation of any excessive noise which unreasonably interferes with the operation of any school or church;
(4) The keeping of any animal, bird, or fowl, which emanates frequent or extended noise which shall unreasonably disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of an person in the vicinity; such as allowing or permitting any dog to bark repeatedly in an area where the barking can be clearly heard from nearby residential property; and
(5) The operation of any automobile, motorcycle, or other vehicle so out of repair or so loaded or constructed as to cause loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling, or other unreasonable noise including the noise resulting from exhaust, which is clearly audible from nearby properties and unreasonably disturbing to the quiet, comfort, or repose of other persons. The modification of any noise abatement device on any motor vehicle or engine or failure to maintain same so that the noise emitted by the vehicle or engine is increased above that emitted by the vehicle as originally manufactured shall be in violation of this section.
(Ord. 1988-12, passed 12-19-1988) Penalty, see § 94.99