For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CONSTRUCTION. On-site erection, fabrication, installation, alteration, demolition or removal of any structure, facility or addition thereto, including all related activities, including, but not restricted to, clearing of land, earth moving, blasting and landscaping.
DAYTIME HOURS. 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., local time.
EMERGENCY WORK. Work made necessary to restore property to a safe condition, work required to protect, provide or prevent persons or property from danger or potential danger; or work by private or public utilities when restoring utility service.
NIGHTTIME HOURS. 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., local time.
PLAINLY AUDIBLE. Any sound or vibration caused by sound that can be detected by a reasonable person of ordinary sensitivities using their unaided hearing faculties.
REASONABLE PERSON. A person of normal and ordinary sensitivities who is within the area of the audibility or perceptibility of the noise or vibration that transmits sounds which disrupt the reasonable conduct of basic human activities, such as conversation, sleep, work and other such activities.
SOUND-MAGNIFYING DEVICE. Any device or machine for the amplification of the human voice, music or any other sound. SOUND MAGNIFYING DEVICE shall not include factory-installed automobile radios when used and heard only by occupants of the vehicle in which the device was installed; warning devices on police, fire, ambulance or other emergency vehicles or vehicles used solely for traffic safety purposes; or horns or steam whistles which are used for purposes authorized by §§ 92.05(A) and (E) respectively.
UNREASONABLE NOISE. The making of, or knowingly and permitting to be made, any sound that a reasonable person finds unreasonably loud, boisterous, or unusual noise, disturbance, commotion, or vibration due to bass levels or other sources from any dwelling, building, other structure, or privately-owned outdoor property, or upon any public street, park or other place or building. Any sound that is ordinary and normal to the operation of these places when conducted in accordance with the usual standards of practice and in a manner that will not unreasonably interfere with the peace and comfort of neighbors or their guest, or operators or customers in places of business, or detrimentally or adversely affect such residences or places of business, shall not be enforced as an unreasonable noise.
(1984 Code, § 2-9-37) (Ord. passed 11-17-1986; Ord. passed 10-4-2004; Res. passed 12-4-2023)