A. General Prohibition: No person shall make or cause to be made any distinctly and loudly audible noise that unreasonably annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace, safety, or welfare of any person or precludes his enjoyment of property or affects his property's value. This general prohibition is not limited by the specific restrictions of the following subsections.
B. Horns And Audible Signaling Devices: No person shall sound any audible signaling device on any vehicle except as a warning of danger, as required by Minnesota statutes section 169.68.
C. Exhaust: No person shall discharge the exhaust or permit the discharge of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, motor boat, motor vehicle, or snowmobile except through a muffler or other device that effectively prevents loud or explosive noises therefrom and complies with all applicable state laws and regulations.
D. Defective Vehicles Or Loads: No person shall use any vehicle so out of repair or so loaded as to create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling, or other noise.
E. Loading, Unloading And Unpacking: No person shall create loud or excessive noise in loading, unloading, or unpacking any vehicle.
F. Radios, Phonographs And Paging Systems: No person shall use or operate or permit the use or operation of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, paging system, machine, or other device for the production or reproduction of sound in a distinct and loudly audible manner as to unreasonably disturb the peace, quiet, and comfort of any person nearby. Operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine, or other device between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. in such a manner as to be plainly audible at the property line of the structure or building in which it is located, in the hallway or apartment adjacent, or at a distance of fifty feet (50') if the source is located outside a structure or building shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this subsection.
G. Noisy Parties Or Gatherings: No person shall participate in any party or other gathering of people giving rise to noise or unreasonably disturbing the peace, quiet, or repose of another person. When a police officer determines that a gathering is creating such a noise disturbance, the officer may order all persons present, other than the owner or tenant of the premises where the disturbance is occurring, to disperse immediately. No person shall refuse to leave after being ordered by a police officer to do so. Every owner or tenant of such premises who has knowledge of the disturbance shall make every reasonable effort to see that the disturbance is stopped.
H. Loudspeakers And Amplifiers: No person shall operate or permit the use or operation of any loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or other device for the production or reproduction of sound on a street or other public place for the purpose of commercial advertising or attracting the attention of the public to any commercial establishment or vehicle, except as otherwise provided in the zoning ordinance.
I. Animals: No person shall keep any animal that unreasonably disturbs the comfort or repose of persons in the vicinity by its frequent or continued noise. For purposes of this subsection, "disturbs the comfort or repose of persons in the vicinity by its frequent or continued noise" means any one of the following:
1. The animal noise occurs at a time between ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and can be heard from a location outside the building and premises where the animal is being kept, and the animal has made such noises intermittently for more than three (3) minutes with one minute or less lapse of time between each animal noise during the three (3) minute period; or
2. The animal noise can be heard from a distance located three hundred fifty feet (350') from the location of the building and premises where the animal is being kept, and the animal has made such noises intermittently for more than three (3) minutes with one minute or less lapse of time between each animal noise during the three (3) minute period; or
3. The animal noise can be heard from a location outside the building and premises where the animal is being kept, and the animal has made such noises intermittently for a period of at least five (5) minutes with one minute or less lapse of time between each animal noise during the five (5) minute period.
J. Near Schools, Churches And Hospitals: No person shall create any excessive noise on a street, alley, or public grounds adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church, or hospital when the noise unreasonably interferes with the working of the institution or disturbs or unduly annoys its occupants or residents and when conspicuous signs indicate the presence of such institution. (2011 Code)