§ 90.35 UNNECESSARY NOISE.

   (A)   No person shall make, assist in making, or permit any loud, disturbing, or unnecessary noise, which either annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, safety, or peace of others.

   (B)   The following acts are declared to be loud, disturbing, and unnecessary noises in violation of this section, but the enumeration shall not be construed to be exclusive:

      (1)   The keeping of any bird or animal, which, by causing frequent or long continued noise, shall disturb the comfort and repose of any person in the vicinity;

      (2)   The attaching of any bell to any animal or allowing a bell to remain on any animal, which is disturbing to any person in the immediate vicinity;

      (3)   The use of any vehicle or engine, either stationary or moving, so operated as to create any loud or unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling, or other noise, including excessive roaring or revving of vehicle engines;

      (4)   The use of a mechanical device operated by compressed air, steam, or otherwise or the excessive sound of any horn, whistle, or signaling device on any vehicle (except as a necessary warning of danger) unless the noise created is effectively muffled;

      (5)   The erection, including excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair of any building in residential districts, other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., except upon special permit granted by the City;

      (6)   The use of any gong or siren upon any vehicle other than police, fire, or other emergency vehicle or the use or operation of a sound amplifying device so loudly as to disturb persons at least five feet from the motor vehicle;

      (7)   The discharge in the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, internal combustion engine, motorboat, or motor vehicle, except through a muffler or other device, which will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises and the emission of annoying smoke; and

      (8)   (a)   The use or operation of an automatic or electric piano, phonograph, loudspeaker, tv, stereo, home entertainment system, or sound amplifying device so loudly as to disturb persons at least five feet beyond the property on which the sound originates, at all times.

         (b)   Sound produced in conjunction with officially organized sporting events, parades, festivals, fairs, and other events issued a permit from the City are exempt from the noise limitations.

(Ord. 652, passed 4-4-2018)

§ 90.36 RADIO AND TELEVISION INTERFERENCE.

   (A)   No person shall operate or use an electrical, mechanical, or other device, apparatus, instrument, or machine that causes reasonably preventable interference with radio or television reception by a radio or television receiver of good engineering design.

   (B)   This section does not apply to devices licensed, approved, and operated under the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission.

(Ord. 652, passed 4-4-2018)

§ 90.37 NOTICES, ADVERTISEMENTS, AND UNAUTHORIZED MARKINGS.

   (A)   No person shall, either as principal or agent, affix or cause to be distributed any placard, bill, advertisement, poster or writing (legible or illegible), graphic symbol or marking, upon any real or personal property, public or private, without first securing permission from the owner or proper public authority. This section shall not be construed as an amendment to or a repeal of any regulation now or hereafter adopted by the City regulating the use of and locations of signs and advertising.

   (B)   No person shall, either as principal, agent, or employee, scatter, distribute, or cause to be distributed on the streets, sidewalks, or other public places or upon any private property any placards or advertisements whatsoever.

   (C)   This section shall not be construed to prohibit the distribution of material during any parade, public gathering, or community event.

(Ord. 652, passed 4-4-2018)

§ 90.38 JUNK.

   (A)   No person shall keep junk outdoors on a street, lot, or premises except in a building that is wholly enclosed or the junk is completely hidden from public view by a sight-obscuring fence.

   (B)   The term JUNK as used in this section includes all old motors and vehicles, old motor and vehicle parts, old machinery, old machinery parts, old appliances or their parts, miscellaneous old parts, old iron or other metal, glass, paper, lumber, wood, or waste or discarded material.

   (C)   This section does not apply to junk kept in a licensed junkyard or automobile wrecking house.

(Ord. 652, passed 4-4-2018)

§ 90.39 ABANDONED OR DERELICT VEHICLES.

   No person shall park or store an abandoned or derelict vehicle on public or private property in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 74 as may be amended.

(Ord. 652, passed 4-4-2018)