(a) No person shall use and operate a motor vehicle on the streets, alleys and public places in the City unless such vehicle is equipped and provided with a muffler that complies with the requirements of subsection (b) hereof, which muffler is securely fastened to the exhaust pipe from the engine thereof and is designed so as to effectively deaden and prevent any loud and unnecessary noise which attends the combustion and exhaust of gas within and from the engine of such vehicle.
(b) Such muffler shall be of a standard type and shall be such as is usually provided by the manufacturer for the type of motor vehicle involved, provided that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to permit the use of a muffler which does not effectively deaden and prevent the noise from the exhaust and engine of the motor vehicle on which it is used.
(c) No person shall start or operate a motor vehicle on the streets, alleys or public places in the City unless the muffler prescribed in subsections (a) and (b) hereof effectively deadens and prevents any loud or unnecessary noise from the engine or exhaust of such vehicle. No person shall open or permit to be opened any "cut out" or other device on a motor vehicle which causes or permits the engine thereof to exhaust otherwise than through such muffler while the engine of such motor vehicle is running, whether such vehicle is in motion or standing still on the streets, alleys or other public places in the City.
(Ord. 32. Passed 6-6-21.)