(a) No owner, lessee or occupant of any premises within the City shall play, use, operate, or permit to be played, used or operated any radio, television, stereo system, phonograph, musical instrument, or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants or at any time with louder volume than is necessary for convenient hearing for the persons who are in the room in which such machine, instrument or device is operated or played.
(b) The playing, using, operating, or permitting the playing, use or operation of any such radio, television, stereo system, phonograph, musical instrument, machine or device between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the next day in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of twenty-five feet from the building, structure, premises or motor vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disturbing the peace, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 34-96. Passed 7-1-96.)