9.16.020   Unlawful noise.
   It is unlawful for any person to make, continue or cause to be made, any loud or unusual noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others. Unlawful noises include but shall not be limited to the following:
   A.   Horns and Signal Devices. The sounding of any horn or signaling device of any automobile, motorcycle, truck or other vehicle on any street or public place except as a danger warning, the creation by means of any such signaling devices of any unreasonable, loud, or harsh sound, the sounding of such devices for any unnecessary and unreasonable period of time other than by accident or mechanical, electrical or other difficulty or failure, and the use of any such signaling device where traffic is held up.
   B.   Radios and Phonographs. The use or operation of any radio, phonograph or other sound producing machine in such a manner as to disturb the peace and quiet of neighbors.
   C.   Loudspeakers and Amplifiers Used for Advertising. The use or operation of, or permitting to be played, used, or operated any radio, receiver set, musical instrument, phonograph, tape recorder, loudspeaker, sound amplifier or other machine or device for the production or reproduction of sound which is cast upon the public streets for the purpose of commercial advertising or attracting the attention of the public in any residential area except with the proper permit elsewhere prescribed.
   D.   Yelling or Shouting. Yelling, shouting or creating other loud noises which annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any office, dwelling, hotel or residence, or of any persons in the vicinity.
   E.   Animals. The keeping of any animals which, by causing frequent or loud continuous noise, shall disturb the comfort or repose of any persons of the vicinity.
   F.   Schools, Courts, Churches, Hospitals. The creating of any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any hospital, school, institution of learning, church or court which interferes with the working of such institution, or which disturbs or annoys patients in a hospital.
   G.   Pounding. The pounding or hammering on any metal object or thing except inside a building or in connection with the construction or erection of a building. (Prior code § 7-1-6)