§ 136-7. Disorderly practices prohibited.

A. 

Disorderly practices are hereby prohibited within the Township of Lower Moreland. Any person who shall be guilty of any act, word or practice causing or tending to cause a disturbance of the peace and good order of the Township or causing or tending to cause any danger, discomfort or annoyance to any of the inhabitants of the Township or users of the Township thoroughfares, or who shall willfully make any loud, boisterous or unseemly noise or disturbance, or who shall fight or quarrel or incite others to fight or quarrel, or shall publicly make use of any obscene or indecent language, or who shall congregate upon any of the public streets or alleys or public grounds in the Township, to the annoyance of peaceable residents nearby or of persons traveling upon any street or alley or being lawfully upon any of the public grounds in the Township, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed or the traveling public is annoyed, shall be found guilty of a disorderly practice.

B. 

Disorderly practices shall include but not be limited to the following:

(1) 

The sounding of any horn or any signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle, motor bicycle or other vehicle in any street or public place of the Township, except as a danger warning signal.

(2) 

The operation of any motor vehicle or motorcycle in the Township, licensed or unlicensed, on public or private premises, whether standing or moving, without an appropriate muffling device on the exhaust system of said vehicle in order to prevent any unnecessary and unreasonably loud or harsh sound.

(3) 

The use, operation or playing of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, television, phonograph, public-address system or other machine or device for producing or reproducing sound in such a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of neighboring inhabitations. The operation of any such instrument in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet from the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located is prohibited. Exceptions will be permitted for special events such as but not limited to a public-address system used for a community event.

(4) 

No person shall yell or shout on the public streets nor at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any building or of any persons in the vicinity.

(5) 

The construction, including excavation, demolition, alteration, erection or repair, of any building or structure other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Saturday and prohibiting commercial construction on Sundays except for emergency work. Emergency work shall include but not be limited to work made necessary to restore property to a safe condition or work required to protect persons or property from imminent danger.

(6) 

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate machinery, commercial motor vehicle unit on a truck, any equipment, pump, lawn mower, leaf blower, chain saw or similar mechanical device other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and sunset, Monday through Friday, and 8:00 a.m. and sunset on Saturday and Sunday. This subsection shall not apply to municipal vehicles used for emergency work, such as but not limited to snow removal.

(7) 

No person shall operate or cause to be operated any recreational motorized vehicle off a public right-of-way in such a manner that the sound of the vehicle crosses the boundary of private property when operated on private property. This subsection shall apply to all recreational motorized vehicles, whether or not duly licensed and registered, including but not limited to commercial and noncommercial racing vehicles, motorcycles, minicycles, go-carts, snowmobiles, campers, dune buggies and all-terrain vehicles.

Amended 10-18-2000 by Ord. No. 512