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                          Anti-Noise Ordinance #19          ORDINANCES

 

Section 2.  ANTI-NOISE REGULATIONS

        A. Unlawful Noise Prohibited.  It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause to be made or continued any excessive, unnecessary, or unusually loud noise, or a noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the Township.  The following acts, among others, are declared to be loud, disturbing, injurious and unnecessary and unlawful noises in violation of this Section,  but this enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive.  Each such act which either continues or is repeated more than one-half hour beyond its inception shall be considered and may be prosecuted as a separate violation of this Ordinance.

                    1)  HORNS AND SIGNAL DEVICES.  The sounding of any horn or signal device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus, train, or other vehicle while not in motion, only as a danger signal after or as brakes are being applied and decelerating of the vehicle has begun; the creation of means of such signal devices of any unreasonable loud or harsh sounds; and the sounding of any signal devices of any unreasonable or unnecessary period of time.

                    2)  RADIO, PHONOGRAPH, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.  The playing of any radio, phonograph,  television set, amplified or unamplified musical instruments loudspeaker, tape recorder, or other electronic sound producing devices, in such a manner or with volume at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any office or in any dwelling, hotel,  hospital, or other type of residence; or of any persons in the vicinity, excluding persons in a single family dwelling in which the sound is produced.  The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine, or device in such a manner as to be plainly audible on a property or in a property or in a dwelling unit other than that in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.

                       3)  SHOUTING  AND WHISTLING.  Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, singing, or the making of any other loud noises on the public streets, between the hours of 11:00pm and 7:00am, or the making of any such noise at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of persons in any dwelling, hotel, hospital, or other type of residence, or in any office or of any persons in the vicinity.

                        4)  HAWKING.  The hawking of goods, merchandise, or newspapers in a loud or boisterous manner.

                        5)  ANIMAL AND BIRD NOISES.  The keeping of any animal or bird which by causing frequent or long continued noise, shall disturb the comfort or repose of any person.

                        6)  WHISTLE OR SIREN.  The blowing of any whistles or sirens, except as a warning of fire or danger.   

                        7)  ENGINE EXHAUST.  The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, or stationary internal combustion engine, except through a muffler or other device which effectively prevents loud or explosive noises there from.

                        8)  CONSTRUCTION NOISES.  The mining of sand, gravel or other earthen material, erection (including excavation therefore), demolition, alteration, or repair of any building, and the excavation of streets and highways on Sundays, and other days, except between the hours of 7:00am and 8:00pm, unless a permit therefore be first obtained from the Gerrish Township Board.

                        9)  HANDLING MERCHANDISE.

                        10)  DEVICES TO ATTRACT ATTENTION.

                        11)  INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES.

            B.  EXCEPTIONS.  None of the terms or prohibitions of the previous section shall apply or be enforced against:

                         1)  EMERGENCY VEHICLES.  Any police, fire, or emergency medical vehicle, including the private vehicles of fire and medical volunteers while engaged upon necessary emergency business.

                          2)  HIGHWAY AND UTILITY MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION.

                          3)  PUBLIC ADDRESS.

                          4)  SACRED MUSIC.

                          5)  SNOW REMOVAL.