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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 52', '§ 52', '§ 52', '§ 52', '§ 52', '§ 52', '§ 52', '§ 52', '§ 52', '§ 157', '§ 52', '§ 52']

Township of West Goshen, PA Noise
§ 52A-1 Scope.
§ 52A-2 Definitions.
§ 52A-3 Administration and enforcement.
§ 52A-4 Noise standards.
§ 52A-5 Exceptions.
§ 52A-6 Violations and penalties.
Chapter 52A Noise
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of West Goshen 4-25-2012 by Ord. No. 03-2012. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Curfew — See Ch. 34.
This chapter shall apply to the control of all sound originating within the limits of West Goshen Township.
Trucks with three or more axles, earthmoving grading equipment.
Any sound which can be distinctly heard as a single pitch or a set of single pitches. For the purposes of this chapter, a pure tone shall exist if the 1/3 octave band sound pressure level in the band with the tone exceeds the arithmetic average of the sound pressure levels of the two contiguous 1/3 octave bands by 5 dB for center frequencies of 500 Hz and above, by 8 dB for center frequencies between 160 Hz and 400 Hz and by 15 dB for center frequencies less than or equal to 125 Hz.
An instrument which includes a microphone, amplifier, RMS detector, integrator or time averager, output meter and weighting networks used to measure sound pressure levels. The sound level meter used for testing purposes in accordance with this chapter shall meet the current American National Standard Institute specifications.
The West Goshen Township Police and Code Enforcement Officers shall have the power to administer the terms of this chapter, investigate complaints and prosecute violations of this chapter in accordance with § 52A-6 of this chapter. When enforcing the terms of this chapter, the Police and Code Enforcement Officers may retain consultants and engineers with experience in measuring sound levels with the use of sound level meters.
No person shall operate, play or permit the operation or playing of any radio, television, phonograph, drum, musical instrument, cassette player, electronic recording device, sound amplifier or similar device which produces, reproduces or amplifies sound in such a manner as to be plainly audible across a property line except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. every day of the week.
No person shall operate or permit the outdoor operation of any tools, equipment or machinery used for commercial construction, drilling or demolition, or in the sweeping of parking lots in such a manner as to be plainly audible across a property line except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays. It shall be unlawful to operate or permit the outdoor operation of any tools, equipment or machinery used for commercial construction, drilling or demolition, or in the sweeping of parking lots in such a manner as to be plainly audible across a property line on Sundays and legal holidays (which shall include the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas).
No person shall operate or permit the outdoor operation of any powered tool, equipment or machinery (including but not limited to electrically powered saw, drill, sander, grinder, lawn or garden tool) in such a manner as to be plainly audible across a property line except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. every day of the week.
No person shall load or unload trucks or other motor vehicles or open, close or otherwise handle boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans or other objects in such a manner as to be plainly audible across a property line except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. every day of the week, except that municipal trash trucks may operate between the hours of 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. every day of the week.
No person shall remove or render inoperative a sound-dissipative device from motor vehicles, equipment or machinery, other than for purposes of maintenance, repair or replacement when such motor vehicle, equipment or machinery is not in use; intentionally move or render inaccurate or inoperative any sound-monitoring instrument or other device positioned by or for the Township or other governmental entity or agent thereof; or use any motor vehicle, equipment or machinery which has had a sound-dissipative device or any part thereof removed or rendered inoperative.
No person shall repair, rebuild or test or otherwise work on any motorcycle, motor vehicle, motorboat or aircraft outdoors in such a manner as to be plainly audible across a property line except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. every day of the week.
In those cases not specifically controlled by § 52A-4 above, no person shall operate or cause to be operated on private or public property any source of continuous sound (any sound which is static, fluctuating or intermittent with a recurrence greater than one time in any fifteen-second interval) in such a manner as to create a sound level which exceeds the limits set forth for the receiving land use category in the following table when measured at or within the property boundary of the receiving land use. All measurements shall be made with a sound level meter which is in conformance with American Standards Association specifications.
Residential uses permitted by ordinance in an industrial or industrial-commercial district
The following noises are exempted from the provisions set forth in § 52A-4 of this chapter:
A snowplow, snowblower or other similar device in operation used to remove snow or ice.
Motor vehicle operations shall not exceed the noise levels established in Chapter 450 of Title 67 of the Pennsylvania Code of Regulations, Subchapter B, Established Sound Levels.[1]
Editor's Note: See 67 Pa. Code § 157.11 et seq.
Between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., industrial uses which were in existence as of April 25, 2012 (the date of adoption of this chapter), shall be exempt from all standards in § 52A-4 of this chapter. Between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., industrial uses which were in existence as of April 25, 2012 (the date of adoption of this chapter), shall be required to comply with only the general performance standards/noise levels in § 52A-4B of this chapter.
[Added 10-10-2012 by Ord. No. 07-2012]