(a) No person shall drive or operate, or cause to be driven or operated, any vehicle which is equipped with an engine braking system which produces excessive noise, audible as excessive within fifty (50) feet, or which is improperly muffled so as to create a public nuisance, including the creation of excessive noise. The provisions of this section, however, shall not apply to emergency vehicles.
(b) The usage of any and all “engine brakes” shall be prohibited within the Village. “Engine brakes” shall be defined to include, but not be limited to, systems commonly known and/or referred to as C Brakes, PacBrakes, TekBrakes, Jake Brakes and any other type of engine brakes commonly utilized within the trucking industry.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2006-3. Passed 3-27-06.)