(a) No person shall:
(1) Exhausts, Muffler Systems and Squealing. Operate a motor vehicle which causes excessive noise levels, as a result of a defective or modified exhaust system, or as a result of an unnecessary rapid acceleration, de-acceleration, revving or tire squealing.
(2) Sound Amplifying Equipment. Operate a motor vehicle on a street or highway if the sound from any sound amplifying equipment located inside of, outside of but attached to, or held by a person inside, the motor vehicle, is discernible at a distance of twenty-five feet or more from the vehicle.
(3) Horns and Signaling Devices. Sound any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle on any street or public place of the City, except as a danger warning.
(4) Televisions, Radios, Electronic Sound Devices, Electronic Music Devices, and Musical and Sound Instruments. Use, operate or permit to be played, used or operated any television, radio receiving set, musical instrument, electronic sound device, electronic music device, or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such manner as to disturb the peace, quiet, and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants or at any time with louder volume than is reasonably necessary for convenient hearing for the person or persons who are in the room, vehicle, or chamber in which such machine or device is operated and who are voluntary listeners thereto. The operation of any such radio set, musical instrument, or other machine or sound device in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of twenty-five feet from the vehicle or at a distance of twenty-five feet from the lot upon which the building or structure is located shall be a violation of this section.
(5) Advertising. Use, operate, or permit to be played, used or operated any radio receiving set, musical instrument, loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or other machine or sound device for the producing or reproducing of sound which is cast upon the public streets for the purpose of commercial advertising or attracting the attention of the public to any building or structure, except as provided in Section 509.11.
(6) Defects in Vehicle or Load. Use any automobile, motorcycle, or vehicle so out of repair, so loaded or used in such manner as to create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling, or other noise.
(7) Blower and Fans. Operate any noise-creating blower or power fan or an internal combustion engine, the operation of which causes noise due to the explosion of operating gasses or fluids, unless the noise from such blower or fan is muffled and such engine is equipped with a muffler device designed for and sufficient to deaden such noise.
(8) Construction Equipment. Operate any pile driver, pneumatic hammer, derrick, hoist, chain saw or other appliance, or construction equipment, the use of which is attended by loud and unusual noise other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. on weekdays or between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekends or national holidays.
(9) Yelling, Shouting and Singing. Yell, shout, hoot, whistle, or sing in the public right-of-way between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; on private property between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. so as to be plainly audible at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet from the lot upon which the building or structure is located; or at any time so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of any person in any office or in any dwelling, hotel, or other type of residence.
(10) Animals. Keep any animal which, by causing frequent or loud continued noise, shall disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any person in the vicinity.
(11) Construction or Repair. Erect (including excavating), demolish, alter, or repair any building other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekends and national holidays, except in case of emergency in the interest of public health and safety, and then only with a permit from the City Engineer, which permit may be granted for a period not to exceed three days while the emergency continues and which permit may be renewed for a period of three days or less while the emergency continues. If the City Engineer determines that the public health and safety will not be impaired by the erection, demolition, alteration, or repair of any building or the excavation of streets and highways between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays or 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and national holidays, and the City Engineer further determines that loss or inconvenience would not result to any party in interest, the City Engineer may grant permission for that work to be done between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and national holidays upon application being made at the time the permit for the work is awarded or during the progress of the work.
(12) Excessive Noise Adjacent to Schools, Courts, Churches, Hospitals. Create any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any school, church, or court of law while the same are in use, or adjacent to any hospital, which noise unreasonably interferes with the working of that institution, or which disturbs or unduly annoys patients in the hospital, provided conspicuous signs are displayed in those streets indicating that the same is a school, church, court of law or hospital.
(13) Performance or Show. Use any drum or other instrument or device for the purpose of attracting attention to any performance, show, or sale by the creation of noise.
(Ord. 3129. Passed 10-19-10.)
(Ord. 3129. Passed 10-19-10.)