(A) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
CONSTRUCTION TRADES. Any type of home repair, including but not limited to construction, repair, and/or maintenance of a new or existing structure and its appurtenances. This shall also cover landscaping construction but not landscaping maintenance.
EMERGENCY RELATED SOUND. Any type of sound rendered on an intermittent, emergency basis, including but not limited to sounds associated with snow removal, flood water removal, and/or storm debris removal, emergency generators that are used during electrical storms, as well as alarms and other emergency warning sounds.
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. Any area within the city limits in which properties are in the residential zoning district as provided by official Will County Zoning Map.
NOISE. Sounds associated with the repairs of vehicles or engines, music, or the operation of mechanical equipment other than vehicles, which may be heard 75 feet beyond the property line of the property from which the sounds originate.
(B) In all residential districts within unincorporated Will County, no electronically amplified sound may be emitted from a property such that it may be heard 75 feet beyond the property line of the property from which said sound originates.
(C) In all residential districts, and all business districts immediately adjacent to residential districts, within unincorporated Will County, no noise as defined may be emitted from a property between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(D) Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) Construction trades as defined herein.
(2) Emergency related sounds are defined herein.
(3) Athletic events held on park or school property or events which have been approved by the county or other relevant jurisdiction.
(4) Any church, temple, synagogue, mosque or similar place of worship, only with regard to exception from division (B) hereof for interior sound.
(5) Any person operating a farm tractor or implement of husbandry as defined in the Illinois Vehicle Code while engaged in an agricultural activity.
(Ord. 11-287, passed 8-18-2011) Penalty, see § 133.99