(a) No person shall use any pile driver, shovel, hammer, derrick, hoist, tractor, roller or other mechanical apparatus operated by fuel, electric power or compressed air, in building or construction operations between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day within a residential area or within 500 feet of a school or hospital, except for temporary conditions approved by the Safety-Service Director or his or her designee.
(b) No person shall perform any construction or repair work on any structure or building, or perform any excavation or road work, which work entails the use of any such power-operated construction-type device in a manner that the noise created thereby substantially exceeds the noise customarily and necessarily attendant to the reasonable and efficient performance of such equipment.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 187-92. Passed 8-20-92.)