(A) No person, firm, or corporation shall operate or cause to be operated any whistle, rattle, bell, gong, clapper, hammer, drum, horn, radio, phonograph, or other sound-producing or sound-amplifying instrument so as to emit loud and raucous noises or in any other way create noise or sound in such a manner as to disturb the peace and quiet of a neighborhood or as to interfere with the transaction of business or other ordinary pursuits.
(B) Nothing herein shall be construed to affect the reasonable giving of information for religious, educational, cultural, or political purposes or the usual and reasonable operation of railways, airplanes, and motor vehicles or to prohibit the reasonable use of automobile warning devices, the reasonable ringing of church bells, the reasonable and ordinary noises attendant on athletic contests, or lawful public or semipublic meetings, parades, or celebrations or the right of free speech guaranteed to the citizens of the United States.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of making loud noises, a minor misdemeanor, except that if the offender persists in the violation of this section after reasonable warning or request to desist, he or she is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(1995 Code, § 132.13) (Ord. 95-O-10, passed 10-23-1995) Penalty, see § 130.99