Every vehicle regulated by this chapter shall be equipped with an exhaust system in good working order, sufficient to prevent excessive or unusual noises; and no such vehicle shall be equipped with any muffler cutout, removable exhaust pipe cover, or any bypass in a muffler from which the baffle plates, screens or other original internal parts have been removed or altered, nor shall any such vehicle be equipped with an exhaust system which has been modified in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of such vehicle above that emitted by the exhaust system originally installed on the vehicle, nor shall such vehicle be equipped with an exhaust system which has been modified or altered in any way from that furnished by the vehicle manufacturer; provided that equipment equivalent to that originally installed may be substituted when parts are replaced.
(2000 Code, § 73.11) (Ord. 817, passed 3-5-1973) Penalty, see § 73.999