The following acts are declared to be unlawful:
(A) Radios, television sets, musical instruments, tape or record players, amplifiers, and similar devices. Operating or permitting the use or operation of any radio, television set, musical instrument, tape or record player, amplifier, and/or similar device(s) in such a manner as to be plainly audible across property boundaries or through partitions common to two or more persons within a building;
(B) Domestic power tools. Operating or permitting the use or operations of any mechanically powered saw, drill, sander, grinder, lawn or garden tool, lawnmower, or similar device used outdoors between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such a manner that will disturb or annoy any reasonable person nearby;
(C) Construction. Operating or permitting the operation of any tools or equipment used in construction, drilling, or demolition between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such a manner that will disturb or annoy any reasonable person nearby, except:
(1) In the case of urgent necessity in the interest of public health and safety, and then only with a permit issued by the Office of the Board of Commissioners; which permit may be granted for a period not to exceed three days while the emergency continues, and which permit may be renewed for periods of three days while the emergency continues; or
(2) If the Office of the Board of Commissioners determines that public health and safety will not be impaired by sound made by such work between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and that loss or inconvenience would result to any party in interest, and the Office of the Board of Commissioners grants permission for such work to be done between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. upon application being made at the time the permit for the work is issued or during the progress of the work;
(D) Horns and signaling devices. The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle, or other vehicle in any county highway in a manner that makes unreasonable noise and continuing to do so after being asked to stop, except in an emergency or when required by law;
(E) Participation in parties or social gatherings. Participation in any party or social gathering between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. giving rise to noise that is plainly audible across property boundaries or between partitions common to two or more persons within a building;
(F) Yelling or shouting. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing in any public street or public place, particularly between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., in a manner that makes unreasonable noise and continuing to do so after being asked to stop, except when a permit granted therefor for some special occasion is in effect;
(G) Schools, courts, churches, hospitals. The creation of any loud or raucous noise on any street adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church, or court while such premises are in use, or adjacent to any hospital which unreasonably interferes with the workings of that institution or which unduly disturbs patients in the hospital, provided conspicuous signs are displayed in the streets indicating that such premises is a school, hospital, or court street; and
(BC Ord. 2023-14, passed 7-24-23)