(a) No person shall use or operate any motor vehicle or motorcycle so out of repair, so loaded or so operated as to create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of persons of ordinary sensibilities.
(b) No person shall equip a motor vehicle or motorcycle with and use any device which creates loud or excessive noise. However, nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the blowing of horns when necessary to prevent an accident or the use of sirens or similar devices on authorized emergency and public safety vehicles.
(c) No operator or passenger of a motor vehicle or motorcycle shall operate, or permit the operation of, any sound amplification system which can be heard outside the vehicle from 50 feet or more when the vehicle is being operated upon a street, highway, alley or parking lot. The term "sound amplification system" includes any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loudspeaker or other electronic device used for the amplification of the human voice, or any other noise or sound.
(d) In the event of an emergency as determined by the Mayor or his or her designee, the provisions of this section may be waived by either of the persons.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 19-94, passed 9-6-1994)