§ 94.004 SPECIFIC NOISE PROHIBITIONS.
   Regardless of the maximum sound pressure level, the following noise is expressly prohibited outdoors during the restricted hours, unless permitted by the county.
   (A)   Radios, receivers, televisions, stereos, speakers, musical instruments and similar devices for the production or reproduction of sound if plainly audible 100 feet from the emitting property boundary or 50 feet from the source of the sound if on public property;
   (B)   Public loudspeakers or sound amplifying equipment in a fixed or moveable position or mounted upon any sound vehicle on any public or private property for the purposes of commercial advertising, giving instructions, directions, talks, addresses, lectures, or transmission of music to any persons or assemblages of persons;
   (C)   Animals that make frequent or habitual noise, which prohibition shall apply to all private and public facilities, including any animal facilities that hold or treat animals;
   (D)   Loading operations within 500 feet of residential property, except as necessary for the collection of garbage, waste, refuse or recyclables by an operator approved by the county;
   (E)   Domestic power tools and equipment;
   (F)   Fireworks, explosives, guns or other explosive devices;
   (G)   Powered model mechanical devices powered by internal combustion engines, whether tethered or remote-controlled, or a model rocket vehicle, drone or other similar noise-producing devices; and
   (H)   Bells and alarms including but not limited to, bells, chimes, or clocks in schools, houses of religious worship or governmental buildings for longer than five minutes in any hour except in the event of emergency or natural disaster.
(Ord. 2023-04, passed 12-5-2023)