A. Domestic Power Equipment: Except as otherwise provided herein, no person shall operate a power lawn mower, power hedge clipper, chain saw, mulcher, garden tiller, edger, drill, or other similar domestic power maintenance equipment except between the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. on any weekday or between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. and nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. on any weekend or holiday. Snow removal equipment is exempt from this provision. Mowing of golf courses may occur between the hours of six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. on any weekday or between the hours of six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. on any weekend or holiday.
B. Refuse Hauling 2 : Except as otherwise limited for licensed hauling under chapter 1, article A of this title, no person shall collect or remove garbage or refuse in any residential district except between the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. on any weekday or between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. and nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. on any weekend or holiday.
C. Construction Activities:
1. No person shall engage in or permit construction activities involving the use of any kind of electric, diesel, or gas powered machine or other power equipment except between the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and (7:00) P.M on any weekday or between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. on any weekend or holiday.
2. Heavy equipment operations shall be allowed between the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. Monday through Saturday. Such activity is also prohibited on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Christmas Eve Day, and Christmas Day. The City Administrator may, upon good cause being shown, vary these days and hours in writing. Heavy equipment means compactors/rollers, cranes, dozers, dump trucks, excavators, forklifts, graders, jackhammers, loaders, pavement breakers, pile drivers, portable crushers, tractors, trenchers, or other pieces of equipment that generate similar levels of noise.
D. Exemptions: The following activities are specifically exempted from the prohibitions under this section: Public works construction by Federal, State, County, or City authorities or their contractors and subcontractors as approved by the city engineer; equipment used for snow removal; emergency public works repair/construction. (2011 Code; amd. Ord. 147, 1-12-2017; Ord. 212, 5-14-2020; Ord. 298, 7-11-2024)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See also subsection 11-11-8D of this code. |
| 2 | 2. See also subsection 5-1A-10C of this title. |