Chapter 200, NOISE

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Chapter 200, NOISE
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Radnor 2-25-1974 by
Ord. No. 1564 as Ch. 89 of the 1974 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES
Air pollution -- See Ch. 98.
Animals -- See Ch. 115.

§ 200-1. Unnecessary noise prohibited.
It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to make or cause or suffer or permit to be made or caused, upon any premises
owned, occupied or controlled by him or it or upon any public street, alley or thoroughfare in the
Township of Radnor, any unnecessary noises or sounds by means of the human voice or by any
other means or methods which are physically annoying to the comfort of any person or which are
so harsh or so prolonged or unnatural or unusual in their use, time and place as to occasion
physical discomfort or which are injurious to the lives, health, peace and comfort of the
inhabitants of said township or any number thereof.
§ 200-2. Musical instruments, stereos and other sound-producing devices.
No person, persons, firm or corporation shall play, use or operate or knowingly permit to be
played, used or operated any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, sound
amplifier, loudspeaker or other machine or device for the reproduction of sound upon property
(real or personal) or premises owned, occupied or used by him, them or it, which is not measured
and regulated by decibels, so that the sound coming from such machine can be audibly heard at a
distance greater than one hundred (100) feet from the property or premises wherein such
machine or device is located. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the playing
of a band or orchestra in any concert hall, auditorium, clubroom or public park.

§ 200-3. Sound trucks and loudspeakers.
A. No person shall operate a sound truck or loudspeaker on the streets or public places of the
Township of Radnor without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Community
Development Department. Such permit shall be for a period of one (1) day only. Such permit
shall not be transferable from person to person or from sound truck to sound truck and may
not be extended as to the date it shall be used nor shall any permit for the operation of such
sound truck be issued for use earlier than 8:00 a.m. or later than 9:00 p.m. of the prevailing
local time. Every application for a permit shall be accompanied by a permit fee of
twenty-five dollars ($25.). [Amended 6-29-1977 by Ord. No. 77-18]
B. The application for such permit shall be filed in duplicate with the Township Secretary, and
the permit issued shall be limited in accordance with the information contained in such
application, which shall set forth the following:
(1) Name and home address of the applicant.
(2) Business address of the applicant.
(3) Name and address of the owner of the sound truck.
(4) Make and license number of the sound truck.
(5) Name and address of the person operating the sound truck.
(6) Name and address of the person operating the sound equipment.
(7) The purpose for which the sound truck will be used.
(8) The proposed hours of operation of the sound truck.
(9) A certificate from an engineer that such amplifying machine is so equipped and
regulated by decibels that the sound coming from such machine cannot be audibly heard
at a distance greater than one hundred (100) feet from the sound truck or amplifying
machine.
C. After the issuance of said permit, the Township Secretary shall return one (1) certified copy
of the application to the permittee, together with the permit, which must be in the possession
of the operator of the sound truck during such time that the sound-amplifying equipment is in
operation. Such certified application and permit shall, upon request, be promptly exhibited to
any police officer of the Township of Radnor.
D. No permit so issued may be used which attracts the attention of motorists or pedestrians,
causing the blocking of streets and thereby creating a traffic congestion and hazard.

§ 200-4. Horns.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sound any horn or warning device on
any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle except when required by law or to give timely
warning of impending danger to persons driving other vehicles or to persons upon the street. No
person shall sound any horn or warning device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other
vehicle which shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or for any unnecessary or
unreasonable period of time.
§ 200-5. Construction work.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation or their agents or employees owning
or occupying any building, premises or other place in the Township of Radnor to operate or
permit to be operated any type of machinery, appliance, equipment or hand tool which emits
noise beyond the premises upon which said machinery, appliance, equipment or hand tool is
being operated or used between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., current time or on any
Sunday or legal holiday.

B. The Community Development Department shall be authorized to issue permits for
emergency construction and repair upon submission of adequate proof of the necessity of
such work. [Amended 6-29-1977 by Ord. No. 77-18]

§ 200-6. Refuse collection. [Amended 11-26-1979 by Ord. No. 79-28]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or their agents or employees, engaged
in the collection of garbage, rubbish or refuse in the township to make any such collections
between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., current time.

§ 200-7. Violations and penalties.EN(131)
Any person, persons, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than six hundred dollars
($600.), plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of such fine and costs, by imprisonment in the
county jail for a term not exceeding thirty (30) days. Each violation of any of the provisions of
this chapter shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.