A. No person shall operate or cause to be operated a public or private motor vehicle or motorcycle on a public right of way at any time in such a manner as to create a noise level (see Table I) emitted by the motor vehicle or motorcycle.
B. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any motor vehicle or motorcycle not equipped with a muffler or other sound-dissipative device in good working order and in constant operation. No person shall remove or render inoperative, or cause to be removed or rendered inoperative, other than for purposes of maintenance, repair or replacement, any muffler or sound-dissipative device on a motor vehicle or motorcycle.
C. The sounding of any horn or other auditory signaling device on or in any motor vehicle on any public right of way or public space in such a manner as to create a noise level (see Table II), except as a warning of dangers provided in the traffic code, is prohibited.
D. No person shall:
1. On or after two (2) years following the effective date of this chapter, operate or permit the operation of the compacting mechanism of any motor vehicle which compacts refuse and which creates, during the compacting cycle, a noise level in excess of those set out in Table II.
2. Operate or permit the operation of the compacting mechanism of any motor vehicle which compacts refuse in such a manner as to create a noise level (see Table II) in a residential area or noise sensitive zone. For purposes of this subsection "night" shall be eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M. to six o'clock (6:00) A.M.
3. Collect refuse with a refuse collection vehicle in such a manner as to create a noise level (see Table II) in a residential area or noise sensitive zone. For purposes of this subsection "night" shall be eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M. to six o'clock (6:00) A.M.
E. No person shall operate or permit the operation of any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or any auxiliary equipment attached to such vehicle for a period longer than forty five (45) minutes in any hour while such vehicle is stationary on a public right of way or public space within one hundred fifty feet (150') of a residential area or designated noise sensitive zone (see Table II).
F. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any recreational motorized vehicle off a public right of way in such a manner that the noise level emitted therefrom exceeds the limits set forth in Table II at a distance of twenty five feet (25') or more from the path of the vehicle when operated on a public space or at or across the boundary of private property when operated on private property. This section shall apply to all recreational motorized vehicles, whether or not duly licensed and registered, including, but not limited to, commercial or noncommercial racing vehicles, motorcycles, go-carts, snowmobiles, amphibious craft, campers and dune buggies, but not including motorboats. Variances for motor vehicle racing events may be obtained according to procedures and criteria as set forth in section 4-5-5 of this chapter. (Ord. 3094, 8-4-1980)