(A) Motor vehicles. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause the sound pressure level of the noise emitted during the operation of a light motor vehicle to exceed 80 dBA in speed zones of 35 mph or less within the corporate limits of the city. The sound pressure level measurement shall be made at not less than 15 feet from the edge of the lane of travel of the violation.
(B) Stationary source. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause the sound pressure level to exceed the decibel limits listed below at any point on the boundary of the property where the person is located.
(1) If the person is located within a residential zone, the sound level should be under 55 dBA:
(a) Daily from Sunday evening through Friday morning, 11:00 p.m, to 7:00 a.m.; and
(b) Daily from Friday evening through Sunday morning, 11:30 p.m. to 9:00 a.m.
(2) If the person is located within a commercial zone, the sound level should be under 64 dBA:
(a) Daily from Sunday evening through Friday morning, 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.; and
(b) Daily from Friday evening through Sunday morning, 11:30 p.m. to 9:00 a.m.
(3) If the person is located within an industrial zone, the sound level should be under 66 dBA:
(a) Daily from Sunday evening through Friday morning, 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.; and
(b) Daily from Friday evening through Sunday morning, 11:30 p.m. to 9:00 a.m.
(4) If the property boundary lies between two zones, the lower limit shall apply regardless of the zone in which the person creating the noise is located.
(5) In addition to the above, no person within a residential or a commercial zone shall make or cause to be any earth-shaking vibration perceptible without the aid of instruments beyond the property boundary of the vibration source. No person within an industrial zone shall make or cause any earth-shaking vibration perceptible without the aid of instruments beyond the zone boundary of the zone in which the vibration source is located.
(C) Violation.
(1) It shall be deemed a violation each time a sound level exceeds the limits set forth in this subchapter;
(2) Multiple violations may be issued in a day as deemed necessary.
(D) Incorporation of dBA limits. The following appendices to Ordinance 5-2022, providing dBA limits for each zone, are incorporated in this section by reference as if set forth in full herein:
(1) Appendix B, Octave-band breakdowns;
(2) Appendix C, Decibel comparison chart; and
(3) Appendix D, Sound level chart.
(Ord. 5-2022, passed 5-4-2022)