Section
6.40.010 Declaration of policy.
6.40.020 Definitions.
6.40.030 Special restrictions.
6.40.040 Schools, hospitals and churches.
6.40.050 Amplified sound permits.
6.40.060 Hawkers and peddlers.
6.40.070 Standards of enforcement.
6.40.071 Amplified sound noise standards.
6.40.072 Monitoring procedures.
6.40.073 Noise source exemptions.
6.40.080 Emergency equipment.
6.40.090 Penalties.
6.40.100 Severability.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the city that the peace, health, safety and welfare of its citizens require protection from excessive, unnecessary and unreasonable noises from any and all sources in the community. It is the intention of the City Council to control the adverse effect of such noise sources on the citizens under any condition of use, especially those conditions of use, which have the most severe impact on any person.
(1995 Code, § 6.40.010) (Ord. 11-08, passed 8-16-2011)
The following words, phrases and terms as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:
DECIBEL. A unit used to measure the intensity of a sound or the power level of an electrical signal by comparing it with a given level on a logarithmic scale.
HOSPITAL. Any building or portion thereof used for the accommodation and medical care of sick, injured or infirm persons including rest homes and nursing homes.
NOISE DISTURBANCE. Any sound which violates the standards set forth in this chapter.
SCHOOL. Public or private institutions conducting regular academic instruction at preschool, kindergarten, elementary, secondary or collegiate levels.
SOUND AMPLIFYING EQUIPMENT. Any machine or device for the amplification of the human voice, music, or any other sound. SOUND AMPLIFYING EQUIPMENT shall not include standard automobile radios or tape players when heard only by the occupants of the vehicle in which the automobile radio is installed. SOUND AMPLIFYING EQUIPMENT as used in this chapter shall not include warning devices in authorized emergency vehicles, or horns or other warning devices in any vehicle, which are used only for traffic safety purposes.
SOUND LEVEL METER. An instrument including a microphone, an amplifier, an output meter, and frequency weighted networks for the measurement of sound levels which satisfy the pertinent specifications published by the American National Standards Institute, New York, New York, in “American Standard Sound Level Meters for the measurement of noise and Other Sounds,” S1.41971, or the most recent revision thereof.
WEIGHTED SOUND LEVEL. The sound level in decibels as measured with a sound level meter using the A:P weighted network (scale) at slow meter response. This scale provides an average of sound levels over the whole audible spectrum and reports an overall sound pressure level. The unit of measurement is referred to as A-weighted decibels or dBA.
(Ord. 11-08, passed 8-16-2011)
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