(A) No person shall make, continue or cause to be made or continued, any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise or any noise that either annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of property or persons within the city.
(B) The following loud, unnecessary or unusual noises arc considered public nuisances and violations of this chapter, but said list shall not be deemed all-inclusive:
(1) Horns, signaling devices. Excluding locomotives or trains, the sounding of any horn or signaling device on any motor vehicle, except for a danger warning, when such horn or signaling device is:
(a) Unreasonably loud or harsh;
(b) Sounded for an unnecessary and unreasonable period of time;
(c) Operated by a means other than by hand or electricity, including a device operated by engine exhaust; or
(d) Used when traffic is for any reason delayed or held up.
(2) Radios, stereos and other devices. The use or operation, or permitting the use or operation, of any radio, receiver, stereo, speaker, amplifier, television, musical instrument, phonograph, computer or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of neighbors or other persons with volume louder than is necessary for convenient hearing of person(s) who are in the room, vehicle or chamber in which such machine or device is operated and who are voluntary listeners thereto. The operations of any such radio, receiver, stereo, speaker, amplifier, television, musical instrument, phonograph, instrument or other machine, or device between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., Sunday through Thursday, and 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., Friday and Saturday, in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 30 feet from building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation. The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device at all other times in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 100 feet from the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation;
(3) Yelling, shouting. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., Sunday through Thursday, and 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., Friday and Saturday, or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any office, dwelling, hotel or other type of residence, or of any persons in the vicinity;
(4) Whistles, horns. The sounding of any whistle or horn, except when permitted by federal statutes, state statutes or other city ordinances, or the sounding of any steam whistle attached to any stationary boiler, except to give notice of the time to begin or stop work, as a warning of fire or danger, or upon request of proper city authorities;
(5) Exhausts. The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, motor boat or motor vehicle, except through a muffler or other device that will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises from the engine;
(6) Defect in vehicle or loud. The use of any motor vehicle, railroad train or vehicle so out of repair, so loaded, or in such manner as to create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise;
(7) Loading, unloading, opening boxes and shipping vessels. The creation of a loud and excessive noise in connection with loading or unloading any vehicle or shipping vessels, or the opening or destruction of bales, boxes, crates and containers, or metal material or piping of any kind;
(8) Schools, courts, churches, hospitals. The creation of any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church or court while such place is in use, or adjacent to any hospital, which unreasonably interferes with the workings of such institution, or which disturbs or unduly annoys patients in the hospital, provided conspicuous signs are displayed indicating the institutions are nearby; and
(9) Hawkers, peddlers. The shouting and crying of peddlers, hawkers and vendors, which disturbs the peace and quiet.
(Ord. 07-2019, passed 10-1-2019) Penalty, see § 97.99