(A) Superseding any additional verbiage and parts in this section, it shall be unlawful for any residential properties, the occupants and visitors of any residential property, or any other pedestrian that is adjacent or in the vicinity of residential properties to emit any unreasonably loud and raucous noise from the premises of the residence, including any area considered to be the curtilage of the residence, or if adjacent or in the vicinity of a residential property, which is plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet or less from any residential property between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.
(B) (1) It shall be unlawful for any residential property, the occupants and visitors of any residential property, or any other pedestrian to operate or to allow the operation of any sound amplification equipment, music or any other sound producing equipment indoors, out of doors, directed out of doors, or adjacent to or in the vicinity of a residential property other than during the times listed below and at or below the maximum decibel (db(A)) level allowed:
(a) 60 db(A) Sunday through Thursday between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.;
(b) 50 db(A) Sunday through Thursday between 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day;
(c) 60 db(A) Friday and Saturday between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m;
(d) 50 db(A) Friday and Saturday between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day.
(2) Commercial or otherwise business establishments adjacent to or in the vicinity of an occupied residential property may also be considered to be in violation of this section per § 90.17(C).
(C) The decibel limits (db(A)) prescribed in this section shall be measured utilizing the A-weighting scale on a sound level meter of standard design and quality having characteristics established by the American National Standards Institute.
(D) For measurement of decibel limits prescribed in this section, measurements shall be taken at or beyond the property line of the residential property of the party that initiated the complaint (complainant). For purposes of measurement, the back of the curb, the outside edges of driveways, fences, hedges, or other physical features commonly associated with property boundaries are presumed to be at a point which is at or beyond the property line.
(Ord. passed 6- -2016; Ord. 2024-02, passed 8-8-2024) Penalty, see § 90.99