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§ 132.13   LOUD NOISES.
   (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
§ 132.14   LOUD MUSICAL NOISES.
   (A)   No person, association, firm, or corporation, operating a restaurant, hotel, summer garden, or other place of refreshment or entertainment, shall permit, nor shall any person in or about such restaurant, hotel, summer garden, or other place of refreshment or entertainment to engage in playing or rendition of music of any kind, singing, loud talking, amplification of sound, or other noises on or about the premises, in such manner as to disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood, having due regard for the proximity of places of residence, hospitals, or other residential institutions and to any conditions affected by such noises.
   (B)   It shall be prima facie unlawful for any person, association, firm, or corporation operating a restaurant, hotel, summer garden, or other place of refreshment or entertainment to permit, or for any person in or about such restaurant, hotel, summer garden, or other place of refreshment or entertainment to engage in the playing or rendition of music of any kind, singing, loud talking, amplification of sound, or other noises on or about the premises during the night season after 11:00 p.m.
   (C)   In every charge of violation of this section the affidavit shall state the hour at which the offense is alleged to have occurred.
   (D)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of making loud musical 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, § 132.14) (Ord. 95-O-10, passed 10-23-1995) Penalty, see § 130.99
§ 132.15   PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
   (A)   No person shall be found in a public place in a state of voluntary intoxication.
   (B)   When to an ordinary observer a person appears to be intoxicated, it is probable cause to believe such person is voluntarily intoxicated.
   (C)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of public intoxication, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(1995 Code, § 132.15) Penalty, see § 130.99
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