(a) No person shall operate within the City a motor vehicle, of a kind subject to registration, at any time or under any condition in such a manner as to make, continue or cause to be made unreasonably loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise of such a character, intensity and duration as to disturb the peace and quiet of the community or be detrimental to the life, comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others.
(b) The person in charge or control of any such vehicle shall not:
(1) Make, with such vehicle or any device connected therewith, any excessive noise to annoy the public, unnecessarily race his or her motor while running idle, or open the muffler on any vehicle, upon the streets of the City.
(2) Sound any horn or signal device on any vehicle for any unnecessary and excessive period of time, except as a bona fide danger signal.
(3) Operate any vehicle in a manner, such as by rapidly accelerating, turning, backing or starting and stopping the vehicle, so as to cause unreasonable or excessive noise from its engine or from the contact of any tire of such vehicle upon the surface where the vehicle is being operated.
(4) Operate any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loudspeaker or other instrument or device inside the vehicle so as to produce an unreasonably loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise of such a character, intensity and duration as to be heard outside of such vehicle and to disturb the peace and quiet of the community or be detrimental to the life, health, repose, peace or safety of any individual.
(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.)