Chapter 112 Noise

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Holmen 6-10-1993. Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 112-1.  Loud noise prohibited.

1. No person shall create, assist in creating, permit, continue or permit the continuance of any unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise in the village such as produces annoyance, inconvenience, discomfort, or hurt to any person, or to the enjoyment of property or comfort of any person, or affects the safety, health or morals of the public.
2. No person shall operate any mechanical device driven by gasoline, diesel or otherwise, without having the same equipped and using thereon a muffler, in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and annoying smoke and no person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass or similar device.
3. The creation of any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church or court while in use, or adjacent to any hospital, which unreasonably interferes with the normal operation of that institution, or which disturbs or unduly annoys patients in the hospital, shall be prohibited, provided that conspicuous signs are displayed in those streets indicating a school, hospital or court street. [Amended 10-12-2000 by Ord. No. 1.00]
4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
   1. Any vehicle of the village while engaged in necessary public business.
   2. Excavations or repairs of streets or other public construction by or on behalf of the village, county, or state at night when public welfare and convenience renders it impossible to perform such work during the day.
   3. The reasonable use of amplifiers or loudspeakers in the course of the public addresses or uses which are noncommercial in nature. [Amended 10-12-2000 by Ord. No. 1.00]

§ 112-2.  Violations and penalties. [Amended 5-11-2006 by Ord. No. 5.06]
Any person violating any provision of § 112-1 shall upon conviction thereof forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $500 for the first offense and not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for a subsequent offense, and in default of payment of such forfeiture and the costs of prosecution shall be imprisoned in the county jail until payment of such forfeiture and costs of prosecution, but not exceeding 90 days for each violation.