No person shall make, continue to make, or cause to be made or continued, any loud or disturbing noise of such character, duration and intensity as to be detrimental to the peace and quiet of the City and the residents thereof, or to be detrimental to the life, health and comfort of any individual.
The following acts, among others, are hereby declared to be loud, disturbing and detrimental, and in violation of this section but such enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive:
(a) The sounding of any bell, horn or other signal or warning device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus, truck, tractor or other motor vehicle, except as a danger or warning signal, but any horn, bell or other signal or warning device, as a danger or warning signal shall not be unreasonably loud or harsh or continue for an unnecessary length of time.
(b) The use of any automobile, motorcycle, bus, truck, tractor or other motor vehicle so out of repair, loaded, or operated as to cause or create disturbing and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling, thumping, rumbling or other noise.
(c) The use, within the corporation limits, of any mechanical device operated by compressed air or other power, including hammers, derricks, pile-drivers, shovels or like and similar devices, unless the noise created thereby is effectively muffled and reduced so as not to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort and repose of individuals between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.; any noise as described in this section which can be heard distinctly at a distance of 500 feet from its source, shall be deemed to be excessively loud, disturbing and detrimental to life, public health and comfort and shall be deemed a violation of this section.
(d) The use of any drum, loudspeaker or other instrument or device for the purpose of attracting attention by noise to any performance, show, sale or display of merchandise, or for any other purpose, excepting only the use of devices, by police, firemen or civilian defense wardens in the performance of official duties, without a permit from the Director of Public Safety of the City; provided further that no permit shall be granted for the use of devices between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1991-134. Passed 6-25-91.)