The following are exempted from the provisions of this chapter:
(A) Sounds emitted from authorized emergency vehicles.
(B) Lawn mowers, garden tractors, construction equipment, and power tools, when properly muffled, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. only.
(C) Burglar alarms and other warning devices when properly installed, providing the cause for such alarm or warning device sound is investigated and turned off within a reasonable period of time.
(D) Parades, festivals, carnivals, fairs, celebrations, concerts, artistic performances or other events authorized by the Board of Public Works and Safety or another appropriate governmental entity.
(E) Attendant noise connected with the actual performance of athletic or sporting events and practices related thereto.
(F) The emission of sound for the purposes of alerting persons to the existence of an emergency, or for the performance of emergency work.
(G) Sounds associated with the use of legal fireworks.
(H) Sounds associated with the use of an approved public safety training facility between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
(I) Sounds associated with the normal conduct of legally established non-transient businesses when such sounds are customary, incidental and within the normal range appropriate for such use.
(Ord. 42-12-99, passed 12-27-99; Am. Ord. 43-11-12, passed 11-27-12)