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CHAPTER 634: NOISE CONTROL
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§ 634.02 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
   (a)   No person shall use or perform any hand organ or other musical instrument or device, for pay or in expectation of payment, in any public way or outdoors public place of the city before 9:00 a.m. or after 11:00 p.m. of any day.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 1981-88, passed 8-3-1981)
§ 634.03 STEAM WHISTLES.
   (a)   No person shall blow, or cause to be blown, outdoors within the city, the steam whistle or equivalent, of any stationary plant as a signal for commencing or suspending work, or for any other purpose. This section shall not be construed as forbidding the use of steam whistles, or their equivalent, as alarm signals in case of fire, collision or other imminent danger.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 1981-88, passed 8-3-1981)
§ 634.04 RADIOS, PHONOGRAPHS AND THE LIKE.
   (a)   No person shall use, operate or play any radio, music player, such as a “boom box,” tape cassette, disc player, television, audio system or musical instrument, or any 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 the convenient hearing of 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. Such operation between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet from the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima-facie evidence of a violation of this section.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. In addition, the sound device used during the commission of the offense shall be subject to seizure and payment of a judgment.
(Ord. 1991-193, passed 11-4-1991)
§ 634.05 LOUDSPEAKERS; AMPLIFIERS.
   (a)   No person shall use 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.
(1964 Code, § 510.02)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 1981-88, passed 8-3-1981)
§ 634.06 EXHAUSTS.
   (a)   No person shall discharge into the open air the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, motor boat or motor vehicle except through a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises therefrom.
(1964 Code, § 510.02)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 698.02.
(Ord. 1981-88, passed 8-3-1981)
§ 634.07 BUILDING OR PROPERTY USE RESTRICTIONS.
   (a)   No person owning or in possession or control of any building or premises shall use the same, permit the use of the same or rent the same to be used for any business, employment or residential use, or for any purpose of pleasure or recreation, if such use shall, by its boisterous nature, substantially raise the ambient noise level of the neighborhood in which such building or premises is situated, or would be dangerous or detrimental to health.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 1981-88, passed 8-3-1981)
§ 634.08 RESTRICTED USE OF POWER EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND MACHINERY IN NON-RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS AND IN COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITHIN RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS.
   (a)   No person shall operate power equipment, construction tools, machinery and/or perform any construction related activity on any non-residentially zoned property, or as part of any commercial construction project in any residential zoned area, between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or at any time on Sundays, except for emergency situations or by approval of the City Safety Director with the specific authorization of Council.
      Power equipment, construction tools, and machinery that are subject to this section shall include tractors, dozers, rotary drills, augers, loaders, earth movers, power shovels, back hoes, cranes, derricks, paving machines, dump trucks, mixers, ditchers, trenchers, compactors, scrapers, jack hammers, pavement breakers, compressors, hammers, axes, mauls, pneumatic powered equipment, pile drivers, chain saws, log splitters, log chippers, powered hand tools, lawn tractors and mowers, leaf blowers, trimmers and/or any other equipment, tool or machinery that is substantially similar to the foregoing.
      This section shall not apply to the use of snow blowers, snow plowing, or the use of any other tool or equipment used in the mitigating of an immediate health, safety, welfare related emergency, as determined by the City of Solon Police Department.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 2021-74, passed 4-19-2021)
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