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No owner, keeper or harborer of any animal shall permit or suffer such animal to continuously or frequently bark, howl or emit other audible sounds which create unreasonable, excessive or offensive noise to the annoyance or discomfort of any person of ordinary sensibilities in the vicinity of such animal.
(1952 Code § 17-15-106; Ord. 545-77)
No person shall create any unnecessary, excessive or offensive noise on any street, sidewalk or property adjacent to any school, institution of learning or church while any of the same is in use, or adjacent to any hospital at any time, provided conspicuous signs are displayed in such streets, sidewalk or public place indicating the presence of a school, institution of learning, church or hospital.
(1952 Code § 17-15-107; Ord. 3-75)
No person shall create loud and excessive noise in connection with loading or unloading any vehicle, or the opening and/or destruction of bales, boxes, crates and containers. If any noise for any duration is 7 dbA over the fixed source noise level for the zone, when measured at the property line of the property affected by the noise emission, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., then this in itself would declare the noise unnecessary and excessive. (See Section 507.14.)
(1952 Code § 17-15-108; Ord. 3-75)
(a) No person shall operate engine or motor-powered lawn or maintenance tools intended for use in residential areas, typically capable of being used by homeowners (such as power mowers, garden tools, riding tractors, power saws, edgers, etc.) which create a noise that exceeds the fixed source noise level for the zone at the property line of the property affected by the noise emission except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on weekends and legal holidays. (See Section 507.14.)
(b) Homeowners' outdoor equipment must have mufflers where applicable and in good working condition.
(c) Snow blowers and snow plows are exempted from the time requirements of this section when removing snow and ice.
(1952 Code § 17-15-109; Ord. 3-75)
No person within any residential area shall repair, rebuild or test any motor vehicle or nonstationary source in such a manner as to cause unnecessary, excessive or offensive noise. If the noise is 7 dbA over the fixed source noise level for more than five minutes out of sixty minutes, then this in itself would declare the noise loud and excessive. (See Section 507.14.)
(1952 Code § 17-15-110; Ord. 3-75)
(a) No person shall use any pile driver, shovel, hammer derrick, hoist tractor, roller or other mechanical apparatus operated by fuel or electric power in building or construction operations between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., within a residential area or within 500 feet of a school or hospital, except for temporary conditions approved by the Director of Pollution Control.
(b) No person shall perform any construction or repair work on any structure or building, or perform any excavation or road work, which work entails the use of any power-operated construction-type device in such a manner that the noise created thereby substantially exceeds the noise customarily and necessarily attendant to the reasonable and efficient performance of such equipment.
(c) No sound level produced by any piece of construction equipment manufactured twenty-four months after the effective date of this section, with the exception of impulsive sound, and critical construction equipment shall exceed 90 dbA when measured at the property line or at a distance of not less than fifty feet from the equipment when operating at the boundary line of the construction project within a residential area or within 500 feet of a school or hospital. Impulse-related activities such as pile driving type equipment, pavement breaker type equipment other than hand-held, and blasting will be regulated by Section 507.17.
(1952 Code § 17-15-111; Ord. 3-75)
The following uses and activities shall be exempt from noise level regulations:
(a) Noises of safety signals, warning devices and emergency pressure relief valves.
(b) Noises resulting from any authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or acting in time of emergency.
(c) Noises resulting from emergency work.
(d) Noises resulting from authorized public activities such as parades, fireworks, sports events, musical productions and other activities which have the approval of the department of the City authorized this responsibility by Council.
(e) Noises resulting from sports events authorized by the Board of Education, private schools, colleges or universities.
(1952 Code § 17-15-112; Ord. 3-75)
(a) No person shall operate within the speed limits specified in this section a motor vehicle of a type subject to registration at any time or under any condition of load, acceleration or deceleration in such manner as to exceed the following noise limits for the category of motor vehicle, based on a distance of not less than fifty feet from the center line of travel:
Type of Vehicle Noise Limit in relation to Posted Speed Limit
(1) Trucks and buses 35 MPH or less Over 35 MPH
Any motor vehicle with a manufacturer's GVW rating of 10,000 lbs. or more
Before January 1, 1976 88 dbA 90 dbA
After January 1, 1976 86 dbA 90 dbA
(2) Passenger cars, light trucks and buses under 10,000 lbs. 76 dbA 82 dbA
(3) Motorcycles 82 dbA 86 dbA
(4) Noise from snowmobiles, minibikes, go-carts and other off-highway vehicles must not exceed 82 dbA when measured at a distance of not less than fifty feet.
(b) No person in charge or control of any vehicle shall:
(1) Make, with such vehicle, or any device connected therewith, any excessive noise to annoy the public or unnecessarily race his motor while running idle, or open the muffler on any vehicle, upon the streets of the City.
(2) Sound any horn or signal device on any vehicle for any unnecessary and excessive period of time, except as a danger signal.
(3) Operate any vehicle in a manner, such as by rapid acceleration, turning, backing or starting and stopping the vehicle, so as to cause unreasonable or excessive noise from the contact of any tire of the vehicle upon the surface where the vehicle is being operated.
(1952 Code § 17-15-113; Ord. 3-75)
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