LL #07-1977SOWN OF WAPPINGER
DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK
LOCAL LAW NO.7, YEAR 1977
A LOCAL LAW WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE NOISE POLLUTION
CONTROL LAW OF THE TOWN OF WAPPINGER.
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger,
as follows:
SECTION I. Title, This local law shall be known as the
noise pollution control law of the Town of Wappinger.
SECTION 2. Noises Prohibited. No person shall cause or
permit to be caused any noise which can be heard by a person
with normal hearing beyond the boundaries of property owned,
leased or otherwise controlled by him, and caused by the
following:
(a) Continuous animal noises between the hours of 8:00
P.M. to 8:00 A. M.
(b) Construction or demolition noises. Construction or
demolition which emit such noises is prohibited between the
hours of 7:00 P. M. and 7:00 a.m., except in the event of an
emergency requiring immediate construction or demolition.
(c) Radios, televisions, record players, tape recorders
and other like devices shall be so modulated as not to annoy or
cause discomfort to surrounding neighbors.
(d) Between the hours of 7:00 P. M. and 8:00 a.m.
minibikes, snowmobiles and motorcycles of any description
designed for either on or off road use shall not be operated on
private property closer than two hundred feet to any residence
except the residence of the owner or operator thereof or any
residence to which the owner or operator may be invited.
(e) All other loud or raucous noises likely to annoy
or disturb people are prohibited between the hours of
7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(f) No internal combustion engine shall be operated
at any time or place in the Town of Wappinger without an
adequate muffler designed and manufactured to suppress ex-
haust noises to a minimum.
SECTION 3. Penalties. A violation of this Local Law is an
offense punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars
($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
Each day's violation shall constitute a separtate offense.
SECTION 4. Severability clause. If any part of this Local
Law is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid,
such decision shall not affect the remainder of the Local Law.
The Town Board hereby declares that it would have passed the
Local Law and each section and subsection thereof, irrespective
of the fact than any one or more of the sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases may be declared unconstitutional
or invalid.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Local Law shall be effective
immediately upon filing pursuant to section twenty seven of the
Municipal Home Rule Law..
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