(A) Findings. The city, having received an increasing number of complaints from the citizens of the city concerning radio and other noises emanating from vehicles on the public streets and ways and properties of the city, and having made certain observations on the subject, hereby finds and declare that:
(1) Excessive noise, when not generated in the course of activity necessary to carrying on daily life, creates a significant threat to the public health, safety and welfare;
(2) Those noises which are most obnoxious to public health, safety and welfare in the city are those which are unreasonably loud or which are generated solely for the purpose of entertainment of a person or group of persons without regard to the health, welfare and safety of others who are unable to avoid being subjected to such noises, and which disturb, injure or endanger the comfort, health, peace or safety of reasonable persons of ordinary sensibilities; or
(3) There has been a significant increase in the frequency and volume of noise from the many portable sound reproducing devices available today, such as portable radios, tape recorders and cassette players.
(B) Intent. It is, therefore, the intent of this section to strike an appropriate balance between the right of individuals to obtain information and derive pleasure by listening to radios and other devices, and the right of the public to a peaceful and healthful environment. It is not the intent of this legislation to interfere unduly with freedom of speech or religion by regulating the initial production or amplification of sound.
(2005 Code, § 50-40) (Ord. passed 1-8-1996; Ord. passed 6-2-1997) Penalty, see § 131.99