Sounds caused by the following are exempt from the prohibitions set out above:
(A) Any bell or chime from any clock, school or church;
(B) Any siren, whistle, horn or bell used by emergency vehicles or any other alarm systems used in case of fire, collision, civil defense, burglary, police activity or imminent danger; provided, however, that, no false alarms shall remain activated for more than 15 minutes after being activated; and, further provided that, no burglar alarm shall be allowed to produce alarm sounds in excess of those specified above for more than 15 minutes in any two-hour period. (Alarms as a result of an actual fire, burglary and the like will be exempt from this time limit.);
(C) Trains blowing the whistle for intersection safety precaution;
(D) Any activity of a temporary duration which is permitted by law and for which a license, permit or permission has been granted by the city, including, but not limited to, parades, sporting events, concerts and fireworks displays;
(E) Any construction equipment operated upon a residential premise during the time period between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. weekdays and 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. weekends. Such construction equipment shall be equipped with properly installed muffler in good working order;
(F) Any domestic power equipment operated upon any residential, commercial, industrial or public premises during the time period between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. weekdays and 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. weekends;
(G) Any emergency work. EMERGENCY WORK shall be defined as work that must be completed immediately in order to protect an individual or groups health, safety or welfare or is otherwise necessary to restore property to safe condition following a fire, accident or other natural or human-made disaster or which is required to protect a persons property;
(H) Any detonation of explosives used to fragment rock for mining, quarrying, excavation and construction;
(I) Any recreational and educational activity including, but not limited to, school bands and school/neighborhood ball games. Reasonable activities conducted on public playgrounds and public or private school grounds, which are conducted in accordance with the manner in which such spaces are generally used, including, but not limited to, school athletic and school entertainment events;
(J) Licensed refuse collection vehicles;
(K) Aircraft; and/or
(L) Repairs or excavations of bridges, streets or highways by or on behalf of the city, the state or the federal government, between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., when public welfare and convenience renders it impractical to perform the work between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
(2004 Code, § 6-706) (Ord. 2003-8, passed 8-18-2003)