(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(1) Operate any motor vehicle, except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law, in such a manner that the vehicle or its motor is so rapidly accelerated or started from a standing position that the exhaust system emits a loud, cracking, chattering or other noise unusual to its normal operation, the rubber tires of such vehicle squeal or leave tire marks on the roadway, or throw gravel or debris commonly called peeling;
(2) Operate any motor vehicle so as to race or accelerate the motor while the vehicle is not in gear or in motion in such manner as to produce unnecessary or unreasonably loud noise; or
(3) Operate any motor vehicle so as to race or accelerate excessively the motor while the vehicle is in motion in such manner as to produce unnecessary or unreasonably loud noise.
(B) The creation or production of noise by squealing of rubber tires, by a cracking, chattering or clattering noise from the exhaust or the creation of tire marks on a roadway accompanying such squealing of tires shall each be considered prima facie evidence of an intent on the part of the operator to violate this section.
(C) Whoever violates any provision of division (A) above shall be deemed guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 19-69, passed 8-19-1969; Ord. 18-97, passed 8-11-1997; Ord. 25-02, passed 9-9-2002; Ord. 03-04, passed 2-9-2004; Ord. 02-18, passed 2-12-2018) Penalty, see § 70.99(A)(3)