(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, entity, or landowner within the land area specified in § 93.20 to cause or permit any person, machine, electronic device, or any other means of generation of sound to be generated, which causes sound levels to exceed the levels prohibited by this subchapter.
(B) No person, corporation, entity, or landowner shall permit any noise to be generated or produced which exceeds 75 dB/A for more than two minutes per hour, measured at a point no closer than one-half mile from the boundary of the property line from which the sound is generated.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, entity, or landowner to generate or permit the generation of sound from their property through electronic amplification at a level above 25 dB/A above ambient noise level for more than two minutes per hour at the property line where the sound is generated between the hours of 11:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., daily from Sunday evening through Friday morning and from 11:30 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., daily from Friday evening through Sunday morning.
(D) No person shall play, use or operate any machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound, including, but not limited to, loudspeakers, radios, CD players, television sets, musical instruments, phonographs, cassette players or any other machine designed or intended to produce or reproduce sound, nor operate any motor vehicle that contains a modified or defective exhaust system, if such machine, device or vehicle is located in or on any of the following:
(1) Any public property, including any public right-of-way, highway, building, sidewalk, public space, park or thoroughfare and the sound generated therefrom is: (1) clearly audible 40 feet or more from its source; or (2) is at a level of 90 decibels (90dB) or more when measured from a distance of not less than six feet from its source; or
(2) Any private property and the sound generated therefrom is: (1) clearly audible 40 feet or more outside of said private property line; or (2) is at a level of 90 decibels (90dB) or more when measured from a distance of not less than six feet from the private property line.
(Ord. 40-5-03, passed 6-10-03; Am. Ord. 42-12-99, passed 12-27-99; Am. Ord. 43-11-12, passed 11-27-12)