(A) No person shall operate or cause to be operated any whistle, rattle, bell, gong, clapper, hammer, drum, horn, player piano, calliope, radio, phonograph, or other sound-producing or sound-amplifying instrument, or in any other way create noise or sound in such manner as to disturb the peace and quiet of a neighborhood, or to interfere with the transaction of business or other ordinary pursuits. Any violation of this section shall be a minor misdemeanor, but nothing herein shall be construed to affect the usual and reasonable operation of steam railroads, electric railways and motor buses, or to prohibit the reasonable use of automatic warning signals, the reasonable ringing of church bells, or the reasonable and ordinary noises attendant on athletic contests or lawful public or semipublic meetings, parades or celebrations.
(B) No person shall operate or cause to be operated in a motor vehicle within the city limits any radio, stereo, amplifying device, or other sound producing instrument which is plainly audible within a distance of 50 feet from the vehicle or sound producing device or in any other way create noise or sound in such manner as to disturb the peace and quiet of a neighborhood or other ordinary pursuits. Any violation of this section shall be a minor misdemeanor, but nothing herein shall be construed to affect the usual and reasonable operation of motor buses, or prohibit the reasonable use of automatic warning signals.
(Ord. 931, passed 12-18-73; Am. Ord. 94-44, passed 12-20-94) Penalty, see § 130.99