(A) Sound emitted from authorized emergency vehicles;
(B) Lawn mowers, garden tractors, construction equipment, and power tools when properly muffled between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. only;
(C) Burglar alarms and other warning devices when properly installed provided that the cause for such alarm or warning device sound is investigated and the alarm turned off within a reasonable period of time;
(D) Parades, festivals, carnivals, fairs, celebrations, concerts, artistic performances, and/or other events authorized by the Board of Public Works and Safety or another appropriate governmental entity;
(E) Attendant noise and sound emission connected with the actual performance of athletic or sporting events and practices related thereto;
(F) The emission of sound for the purposes of alerting persons to the existence of an emergency or for the performance of emergency work;
(G) Sounds associated with the use of legal fireworks or celebrations of legal holidays;
(H) Sounds associated with the normal conduct of a legally established non-transient business when such sounds are customary, incidental, and within the normal range appropriate for such use, but in no event shall such sound be plainly audible by any person at a distance of 350 feet from its source;
(I) Sounds emitted from sound-amplifying devices for which a permit has been obtained from the Board of Public Works and Safety; and
(J) Sound emitted for the performance of emergency work such as work made necessary to restore property to a safe condition following a public calamity, work to restore public utilities, or work required to protect persons or property from imminent exposure to danger.
(Prior Code, § 93.04) (Ord. 1467, passed 10-4-2004)