(A) In addition to any other violation of this chapter, it shall be unlawful to emit any unreasonably loud, annoying, frightening, loud and disturbing or unnecessary noise. Specifically, it shall be unlawful to emit noise of such character, intensity or duration as to be detrimental to the life or health of any reasonable person of ordinary sensibilities.
(B) In addition to any other violation of this chapter, the following acts are specifically declared to be unreasonably loud, annoying, frightening, loud and disturbing or unnecessary noise, the emission of which shall be unlawful. The following enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive:
(1) The sounding of any horn or signal device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle while not in motion, except as a danger signal, or if in motion, only as a danger signal after or as brakes are being applied and deceleration of the vehicle is intended; the creation by means of any such signal device of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound; and the sounding of such device for an unnecessary and unreasonable period of time;
(2) The use of any gong or siren upon any vehicle other than police, fire, ambulance or other emergency vehicles;
(3) The playing of any radio, phonograph, CD player, computer generated and/or amplified sound, amplifier, television, tape deck, tape recorder, musical instrument or any other electronically created or amplified sound equipment in such a manner or with such volume during the night-time hours as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any person or persons in any dwelling, hotel, motel or other type of residence;
(4) The use of any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle so out of repair, so loaded or in such manner as to create loud or unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise;
(5) The blowing of any steam whistle attached to any stationary boiler;
(6) The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any stationary internal combustion engine or motor vehicle, except through a muffler or other device, which will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises therefrom;
(7) The creation of any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any school, institution of learning or court, while the same are in session, or within 150 feet of any hospital, which unreasonably interferes with the work of such institution or which disturbs or unduly annoys patients in the hospital;
(8) The creation of loud and excessive noise in connection with loading or unloading any vehicles or the opening and destruction of bales, boxes, crates and containers;
(9) The shouting and crying of peddlers, barkers, hawkers or vendors, which disturbs the quiet and peace of the neighborhood;
(10) The use of any drum, loudspeaker or other instrument or device for the purpose of attracting attention by creation of noise to any performance, show or sale or display of merchandise;
(11) The repair, rebuilding or testing of any motor vehicle in any residential district, so as to cause loud or offensive noises to be emitted therefrom during the night-time hours;
(12) The creation of excessive noise by the operation of an airplane over the town by stunting, diving or otherwise operating an airplane for the purpose of advertising or otherwise;
(13) The keeping or maintaining or permitting the keeping of, on any premises owned, leased, occupied or controlled by such person, any animal or fowl otherwise permitted to be kept which, by habitual or frequent sound, cry, howling, barking, squawking, meowing or other noise, that disturbs the quiet, comfort or repose of any person;
(14) The operation on public property or on public vehicular areas of any sound amplifier which is part of or connected to any radio, stereo receiver, compact disc player, cassette tape player or other similar device when operated in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 30 feet from the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located or operated and which because of its volume, level, duration and character annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, health, peace or safety of reasonable persons of ordinary sensibilities; and
(15) Yelling or shouting in residential areas during the night-time hours where the yelling or shouting is of a volume, level and duration as to interfere with the quiet enjoyment of reasonable persons of ordinary sensibilities or annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, health, peace or safety of reasonable persons of ordinary sensibilities.
(Ord. 21-09-01, passed 9-3-2021) Penalty, see § 95.99