A. General Prohibitions: In addition to the specific prohibitions outlined in subsection B of this section and section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or their successor sections, it is unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause to be made or continued any noise disturbance within the limits of the city.
B. Specific Prohibitions: The following acts are declared to be in violation of this chapter:
1. Horns And Signaling Devices: Sounding of any horn or signaling device on any truck, automobile, motorcycle, emergency vehicle or other vehicle on any street or public place within the city, except as a danger warning signal as provided in the vehicle code of the state of Utah, or the sounding of any such signaling device for an unnecessary or unreasonable period of time;
2. Radios, Television Sets, Musical Instruments And Similar Devices:
a. Using, operating or permitting the use or operation of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, television, phonograph, drum or other machine or device for the production or reproduction of sound, except as provided for in subsection B3 of this section, in such a manner as to violate section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, or cause a noise disturbance,
b. The operating of any such device between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. the following day or, between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. when the following day is a Sunday or legal holiday, in such a manner as to be plainly audible at the property boundary of the source or plainly audible at fifty feet (50') (15 m) from such device when operated within a vehicle parked on a public right of way;
3. Public Loudspeakers: Using or operating a loudspeaker or sound amplifying equipment in a fixed or movable position or mounted upon any sound vehicle in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, park, place, or public property for the purpose of commercial advertising, giving instructions, directions, talks, addresses, lectures, or transmitting music to any persons or assemblages of persons in such a manner as to violate section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, or cause a noise disturbance unless a permit as provided by section 9.28.070 of this chapter, or its successor section, is first obtained;
4. Hawkers And Peddlers: Selling anything by outcry within any area of the city zoned primarily for residential uses in such a manner as to violate section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, or cause a noise disturbance. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the selling by outcry of merchandise, food and beverages at licensed sporting events, parades, fairs, circuses and other similarly licensed public entertainment events;
5. Animals: Owning, keeping, possessing or harboring any animal (or animals) which, by frequent or habitual noisemaking, violate section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, or causes a noise disturbance. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to all private and public facilities, including any animal pounds, which hold or treat animals;
6. Loading Operations: Loading, unloading, opening or otherwise handling boxes, crates, containers, garbage containers or other objects between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. the following day, or between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. when the following day is a Sunday or legal holiday, in such a manner as to violate section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, or cause a noise disturbance;
7. Construction Work: Operating, or causing to be used or operated, any equipment used in construction, repair, alteration or demolition work on buildings, structures, streets, alleys, or appurtenances thereto:
a. In residential or commercial land use districts between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. the following day, or between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. when the following day is a Sunday or legal holiday,
b. In any land use district where such operation exceeds the second level limits for an industrial land use as set forth in section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section;
8. Domestic Power Equipment: Operating or permitting to be operated any power equipment rated five (5) horsepower or less used for home or building repair or grounds maintenance, including, but not limited to, power saw, sander, lawnmower, garden equipment or snow removal equipment, in residential or commercial zones:
a. Outdoors between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. the following day, or between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. when the following day is a Sunday or legal holiday,
b. Any such power equipment which emits a sound pressure level in excess of seventy four (74) dBA measured at a distance of fifty feet (50') (15 m);
9. Commercial Power Equipment: Operating or permitting to be operated, any power equipment, except construction equipment used for construction activities, rated more than five (5) horsepower, including, but not limited to, chain saws, pavement breakers, log chippers, powered hand tools:
a. In residential or commercial land use districts between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. the following day, or between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. when the following day is a Sunday or legal holiday,
b. In any land use district if such equipment emits a sound pressure level in excess of eighty two (82) dBA measured at a distance of fifty feet (50') (15 m);
10. Enclosed Places Of Public Entertainment: Operating or permitting to be operated in any place of public entertainment any loudspeaker or other source of sound which produces, at a point that is normally occupied by a customer, maximum sound pressure levels of one hundred (100) dBA, as read with the slow response on a sound level meter, unless a conspicuous and legible sign at least two hundred twenty five (225) square inches in area is posted near each public entrance stating: "WARNING: SOUND LEVELS MAY CAUSE HEARING IMPAIRMENT". This provision shall not be construed to allow the operation of any loudspeaker or other source of sound in such a manner as to violate section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section;
11. Fireworks Or Explosives: The use of explosives or fireworks, or the firing of guns or other explosive devices so as to be audible across a property boundary or on a public space or right of way, without first obtaining a permit as provided by section 9.28.070 of this chapter, or its successor section. This provision shall not be construed to permit conduct prohibited by other statutes, ordinances or regulations governing such activity;
12. Racing Events: Permitting any motor vehicle racing event at any place in such a manner as to violate section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, or cause a noise disturbance, without first obtaining a permit as provided by section 9.28.070 of this chapter, or its successor section;
13. Powered Model Mechanical Devices: The flying of a model aircraft powered by internal combustion engines, whether tethered or not, or the firing or operating of model rocket vehicles or other similar noise producing devices, between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. the following day, or between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. when the following day is a Sunday or legal holiday, or in such a manner as to violate section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, or cause a noise disturbance;
14. Dynamic Braking Devices: Operating any motor vehicle with a dynamic braking device (commonly referred to as "Jacob's brake") engaged, except for the aversion of imminent danger;
15. Defect In Vehicle: Operating or permitting to be operated or used any truck, automobile, motorcycle or other motor vehicle which, by virtue of disrepair or manner of operation, violates section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, or causes a noise disturbance;
16. Refuse Compacting Vehicles: The operating or causing or permitting to be operated or used any refuse compacting vehicle which creates a sound pressure level in excess of seventy four (74) dBA at fifty feet (50') (15 m) from the vehicle;
17. Garbage Collection: The collection of garbage, waste or refuse between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. the following day, or between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. when the following day is a Sunday or legal holiday:
a. In any area zoned residential, or within three hundred feet (300') of an area zoned residential,
b. In any land use district so as to cause a noise disturbance;
18. Standing Motor Vehicles: The operating or causing or permitting to be operated any motor vehicle or any auxiliary equipment attached thereto in such a manner as to violate section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, or cause a noise disturbance for a consecutive period longer than fifteen (15) minutes during which such vehicle is stationary in a residential zone;
19. Quiet Zones: Creating noise in excess of the residential standard, as defined in section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, within the vicinity of any school, hospital, institution of learning, court, or other designated area where exceptional quiet is necessary, while the same is in use, provided conspicuous signs are displayed in the streets indicating that the same is a quiet zone;
20. Bells And Alarms: Sounding, operating or permitting to sound or operate an electronically amplified signal from any burglar alarm, bell, chime or clock, including, but not limited to, bells, chimes or clocks in schools, houses of religious worship or governmental buildings, which fails to meet the standards set forth in section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, for more than five (5) minutes in any hour;
21. Fixed Sirens, Whistles And Horns: The sounding or causing the sounding of any whistle, horn or siren as a signal for commencing or suspending work, or for any other purpose except as a sound signal of imminent danger, in such a manner as to violate section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, or cause a noise disturbance;
22. Recreational Vehicles And Snowmobiles:
a. Operating a recreational vehicle or snowmobile in a manner which violates section 9.28.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, or causes a noise disturbance,
b. Selling or operating any recreational vehicle or snowmobile, manufactured after 1977, in the city unless such vehicle produces no more than a maximum sound level of eighty two (82) dBA at fifty feet (50') (15 m). (Ord. 66-87 § 1, 1987: prior code § 18-33-3)