A. The following regulations apply within the City limits:
1. Muffler Required: Every Motor Vehicle operated within the City limits shall at all times be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent Excessive Noise, and Excessive Fumes, Smoke, or Exhaust.
2. Muffler Bypass: No person shall engage a muffler cutout, bypass, or similar device of a Motor Vehicle while on a public street when that device is designed to divert exhaust noise away from a muffler or other noise suppressing system.
3. Noise Suppressing System: No person shall knowingly operate, and no owner shall knowingly cause or permit to be operated, any Motor Vehicle originally equipped with, or required by any law or regulation of the state or the federal government to be equipped with, a noise suppressing system while any part of that system is inoperable, disconnected, or while that system or its operation is modified or altered in any manner, except to conform to the manufacturer’s specifications.
4. Exhaust System: No person shall operate a Motor Vehicle when the exhaust system has been modified in any manner that will amplify or increase the noise of the Motor Vehicle above that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the Motor Vehicle by the manufacturer.
5. Operation: The operation of any Motor Vehicle, engine or motor of any size, or device in such a manner as to create Excessive Noise, or Excessive Fumes, Smoke, or Exhaust is prohibited. The engine and power mechanism of every Motor Vehicle shall be so equipped and adjusted as to prevent the escape of excessive fumes or smoke.
6. Air Compressions Brakes: The use of unmuffled air compression brakes, except under emergency circumstances where the use of air compression brakes is necessary to prevent an accident or injury to persons or property, is prohibited.
B. Notwithstanding the prohibitions in subsection A of this section, the City Clerk, upon recommendation by the City Administrator or Parks Director, or their designees, may permit an event which creates, or has the potential to create, noise, or emissions that may otherwise violate this Chapter, subject to such reasonable conditions as the City Administrator or Parks Director, or their designees, may deem necessary and appropriate. Participants in an event permitted hereunder shall not be in violation of this Chapter so long as they are in compliance with the conditions of the permit. (Ord. 3581, 2017; amd. Ord. 3725, 3-5-2024)