(A) Generally. No person shall unreasonably make, continue, cause to be made or continued or permit any noise disturbance. As used in this section “noise disturbance” means any sound which endangers or injures the safety or health of humans or which annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities.
(B) Motor Vehicles. No person shall use a motor vehicle so as to disturb the good order and quiet of the city by racing the motor of such motor vehicle; unnecessarily suddenly stopping or starting such motor vehicle; making or causing the emittance from the exhaust system of loud, cracking or chattering noise unusual to its normal operation; making or causing the tires of such vehicle to squeal, peel or leave tire marks; or making or causing any other loud or unseemly noise.
(C) Radios, Tape Players, Compact Disc Players or Other Sound-Amplifying Devices.
(1) No person shall play or operate any radio, music player, audio system, tape player, compact disc player or other sound-amplifying device or system in such a manner or at such a volume as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of neighboring inhabitants, or at a volume which is plainly audible to persons other than those who are in the room in which such device or system is being played or operated, or to persons beyond the boundaries of the zoning lot upon which such device or system is being played or operated.
(2) No operator or passenger of a motor vehicle shall play or operate, or permit the playing or operation of, any radio, music player, audio system, tape player, compact disc player or other sound- amplifying device or system which can be heard outside the vehicle from fifty or more feet away when the vehicle is being operated upon a public street, highway or any other public place.
(Ord. 89-102, passed 8-21-1989; Ord. 37-96, passed 4-15-1996)