(a) Every motor vehicle and motorcycle with an internal combustion engine shall at all times be equipped with a muffler which is in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise, and no person shall use a muffler cutout, by-pass or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway. Every motorcycle muffler shall be equipped with baffle plates.
(b) No person shall own, operate or have in his possession any motor vehicle or motorcycle equipped with a device for producing excessive smoke or gas, or so equipped as to permit oil or any other chemical to flow into or upon the exhaust pipe or muffler of such vehicle, or equipped in any other way to produce or emit smoke or dangerous or annoying gases from any portion of such vehicle, other than the ordinary gases emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine under normal operation.
(ORC 4513.22; Ord. 1973-144. Passed 12-20-73.)
(c) No person shall own, operate or have in his possession any motor vehicle equipped with a muffler from which the baffle plates, screens or other original internal parts have been removed and not replaced, or equipped with an exhaust system or muffler which is defective, inadequate or improperly maintained or which has been modified in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of such vehicle above that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the vehicle.
(Ord. 1965-97. Passed 9-2-65.)
(d) No person shall, as the owner, agent, employee, operator or person in charge thereof, use or operate any motor vehicle or any gasoline engine within the City unless the same is equipped with a muffler which is closed. No person shall use or operate any motor vehicle or gasoline or other internal combustion engine within the City which emits, either by reason of being equipped with a "Hollywood" type muffler, a muffler from which the baffles have been removed or a muffler which is in a broken or a defective condition, during the operation of such vehicle or gasoline or other internal combustion engine, any excessively loud sounds or noises so as to disturb the peace and quiet of the City. Any sound or noise which can be distinctly heard at a distance of more than 100 feet from its source shall be deemed excessive. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which any motor vehicle or gasoline engine is operated without a muffler, with a muffler which is not closed or from which the baffles have been removed, with a "Hollywood" type muffler or with a muffler which is in a broken or defective condition. This section shall not apply to the use of gasoline-driven lawn mowers or tractors.
(Ord. 1957-142. Passed 9-6-57.)