The following acts, among others, are declared to be loud, disturbing or excessive noise in violation of this chapter, but said enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive, namely:
(A) Horns and signaling devices. The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any motor vehicle on any public right-of-way, except as a danger warning signal or as provided in the Vehicle Code of the State of New Jersey.
(B) Radios, television sets and similar devices.
(1) Operating or permitting the use or operation of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, television, phonograph, drum or other device for the production or reproduction of sound, except as provided for in division (C) below, in such a manner as to cause noise disturbance.
(2) Operating any such device between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and the following 7:00 a.m. in such a manner as to be plainly audible across real property boundaries or through partitions common to two parties within a building or plainly audible at 50 feet from such device when operated within a motor vehicle parked on a public right-of-way or on a public space.
(C) Exterior loudspeakers. Using or operating any mechanical device or loudspeaker in a fixed or movable position exterior to any building or mounted upon any aircraft or motor vehicle such that the sound therefrom is plainly audible at or beyond the property boundary of the source or on a public way, except as provided for in §§ 95.04, 95.32 and 95.33.
(D) Street sales. Selling anything by shouting or by outcry within any area of the Township zoned primarily for residential uses, except by permit.
(E) Animals. Owning, keeping, possessing or harboring any fowl or animal for a continued duration which, by frequent or habitual howling, barking, meowing, squawking or other noisemaking, causes a noise disturbance across a residential property boundary. The provisions of this section shall not apply to all private or public facilities, including any animal pounds which hold animals for veterinary medical treatment.
(F) Loading operations. Loading, unloading, opening or otherwise handling boxes, crates, containers, garbage cans or otherwise similar objects between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance.
(G) Construction noise. Operating or causing to be operated any equipment used in commercial construction, repair, alteration or demolition work on buildings, structures, streets, alleys or appurtenances thereto, in residential or commercial land use categories, with sound control devices that would constitute tampering or operation in any other manner in violation of any regulation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day on weekdays and between 10:00 p.m. Friday night and 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning, Sunday morning and legal holidays (except by permit).
(I) Motor vehicle racing events. Operating or permitting the operation of any motor vehicle racing event at any place except an authorized track and in a manner approved by the Township Committee to minimize noise disturbance.
(J) Powered model vehicles. Operating or permitting the operation of powered model vehicles between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following morning. Maximum sound pressure levels during the permitted period of operation shall conform to those set forth in Table 1 of § 95.17 and shall be measured at the property boundary of the source or at a distance of 100 feet if it is operated in a public place.
(K) Refuse-compacting vehicles. The operating or permitting to be operated of any motor vehicle which can compact refuse and which creates, during the compacting cycle, a sound pressure level in excess of 94 dB(A) when measured at 50 feet from any point of the vehicle or between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day (in residential use districts).
(L) Quiet zones. Creating any unnecessary or unusually loud noise within the quiet zone of any school, library, hospital, nursing home, court or other designated area where exceptional quiet is necessary, while the same are in use, provided that conspicuous signs are displayed in adjacent or contiguous streets indicating that the same is a quiet zone.
(M) Power equipment. Operating or permitting to be operated any powered saw, sander, drill, grinder, garden equipment or tools of like nature, used primarily for domestic purposes, outdoors in residential zones between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day.
(N) Stationary emergency signaling devices.
(1) Testing of only the electromechanical functioning of a stationary emergency signaling device shall occur at the same time each day that a test is performed, but not before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. Any such testing shall only use the minimum cycle test time. In no cases shall such test time exceed ten seconds.
(2) Testing of the complete emergency signaling system, including the electromechanical functioning of the signaling device and the personnel response to the signal, shall not occur more than once each calendar month. Such testing shall not occur before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. The ten-second time limit on the electromechanical functioning of the signaling device shall not apply to such system testing.
(3) Stationary emergency signaling devices shall be used only for testing in compliance with applicable provisions of this chapter and for emergency purposes where personnel and equipment are mobilized.
('74 Code, § 89-11) (Ord. 259-1985, passed 1-14-85) Penalty, see § 95.99