The following acts, or similar acts, are declared to be loud, disturbing, and unnecessary noises in violation of this chapter. A field test in accordance with Section 9.16.110 shall not be necessary to establish a violation of this section:
A. Horns and Signaling Devices. The sounding of 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; the creation by means of any such signaling device of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound, and the sounding of any such device for an unnecessary and unreasonable period of time; the use of any signaling device except one operated by hand or electricity; the use of any horn, whistle, or other device operated by engine exhaust; and the use of any such signaling device when traffic is for any reason held up;
B. Radios and Other Sound Amplification Devices. The using, operating, or permitting to be played, used, or operated, any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, 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 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 set, instrument, phonograph, machine, or device between the hours of eleven p.m. and seven a.m. in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of fifty feet from the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section;
C. Commercial Amplifications. The using, operating, or permitting to be played, used, or operated, of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or other machine or 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;
D. Yelling and Shouting. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of eleven p.m. and seven a.m. or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of persons in any office or in any dwelling, hotel or other type of residence, or of any person in the vicinity;
E. Noises Near Schools, Hospitals, and Courts. The creation of any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church, or court while the same are in use, or adjacent to any hospital, which unreasonably interferes with the workings of such institution, or which disturbs or unduly annoys patients in the hospital, provided conspicuous signs are displayed in such streets indicating that the same is a school, hospital, or court street;
F. Animals and Fowl. The keeping or maintenance of any animal or fowl which by any sound, cry, or behavior causes annoyance or discomfort to a reasonable person of normal sensitiveness in any residential neighborhood;
G. Vehicle Repair. The creation of any loud, disturbing, or unnecessary noise associated with the repair, rebuilding or testing of any motor vehicle between the hours of six p.m. and seven a.m. in a residential area, in such a manner that a reasonable person of normal sensitiveness residing in the area is caused discomfort or annoyance.
(Ord. 81-8-878 § 6 (part))