(a) No person shall make, continue or cause to be made within the City any unreasonably loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise, or noises of such character, intensity and duration as to be detrimental to the life and health of any individual.
The following acts, among others, are declared to be loud, disturbing and unnecessary noises in violation of this section but such enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive, namely:
(1) The sounding of any horn, bell or other signal or warning device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle, except as a danger or warning signal, but any such sounding of a horn, bell or other signal or warning device as a danger or warning signal shall not be unreasonably loud or harsh or continued for an unnecessary length of time.
(2) The use of any automobile, motorcycle or vehicle so out of repair, so loaded or in such manner as to create loud or unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise.
(3) The unreasonable discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, motor vehicle or motor boat engine.
(4) The use of any mechanical device operated by compressed air unless the noise created thereby is effectively muffled and reduced.
(5) The use of any drum, loudspeaker or other instrument or device to create noise for the purpose of attracting attention to any performance, show or sale or display of merchandise, except where a specific permit therefor is granted by the Director of Public Safety.
(Ord. 54-62. Passed 9-15-54.)
(6) The making of any construction noises anywhere within the City between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. This subsection shall not apply to noise created by emergency repairs authorized in writing by the Director of Public Safety.
(Ord. 89-44. Passed 9-19-89.)
(7) The use of any motorized mechanical device to cut, edge or otherwise perform landscaping, gardening or similar functions, unless the noise created thereby is effectively muffled and reduced, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. of the following day.
(Ord. 93-26. Passed 7-6-93.)
(8) Except in districts zoned for commercial use, or for good cause shown, the use of any plow, snowblower or other machine, mechanism, apparatus, tool, or motorized mechanical device used for the removal, moving, displacement or redistribution of snow, unless the noise created thereby is effectively muffled and reduced, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day. This subsection shall not apply to the noise created by the legal actions of the Service Department or other duly authorized agents, servants, officials or employees of the City.
(Ord. 2001-1. Passed 1-2-01.)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 89-44. Passed 9-19-89; Ord. 2009-48. Passed 7-7-09.)