Town of Mashpee Noise Bylaw
GENERAL BYLAWS - CHAPTER 120
A. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons occupying or having charge of any building, dwelling, shelter, boat, conveyance or premises or any part thereof in the Town, other than that section of any establishment licensed under MGL C.138, to cause or suffer or allow between the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. any unnecessary loud, excessive or unusual noises in the operation of any radio, phonograph or other mechanical sound-making device or instrument or reproducing device or instrument, or in the play of any band, orchestra, musician or group of musicians, or in the use of any device to amplify the aforesaid, or the making of loud outcries, exclamations or other loud or boisterous noises, or the loud and boisterous singing by any person or group of persons or in the use of any device to amplify the aforesaid noise, where the noise is plainly audible at a distance of one hundred fifty (150’) feet or more from the building, structure, vehicle or premises in which or from which it is produced. Any person violating this subsection shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars ($50) for each offense.
B. Any person who is present in any building, dwelling, shelter, boat, conveyance or premises or any part thereof at any time when a violation of Subsection A occurs shall be deemed to have made, aided, caused, suffered countenanced or otherwise assisted in the making of said improper noises and shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars ($50) for each offense.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons occupying or having charge of any building, dwelling, shelter, boat, conveyance or premises or any part thereof in the Town, other than that section of any establishment licensed under MGL C.138, to cause or suffer or allow between the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. any unnecessary loud, excessive or unusual noises in the operation of any radio, phonograph or other mechanical sound-making device or instrument or reproducing device or instrument, or in the play of any band, orchestra, musician or group of musicians, or in the use of any device to amplify the aforesaid, or the making of loud outcries, exclamations or other loud or boisterous noises, or the loud and boisterous singing by any person or group of persons or in the use of any device to amplify the aforesaid noise, where the noise is plainly audible at a distance of one hundred fifty (150’) feet or more from the building, structure, vehicle or premises in which or from which it is produced. Any person violating this subsection shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars ($50) for each offense.
B. Any person who is present in any building, dwelling, shelter, boat, conveyance or premises or any part thereof at any time when a violation of Subsection A occurs shall be deemed to have made, aided, caused, suffered countenanced or otherwise assisted in the making of said improper noises and shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars ($50) for each offense.