A. No person owning or in possession, charge or control of any building or premises shall use the same, or permit the use of the same, or rent the same to be used, for any business or employment, or for any purpose of pleasure or recreation, if such use shall, from its noise or its boisterous nature, disturb or destroy the peace of the neighborhood in which such building or premises is situated, or be dangerous or detrimental to health. Such use of any building or premises is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
B. No person shall make or cause, permit or allow to be made any noise of any kind by crying, calling or shouting or by means of any device for the purpose of advertising any goods, wares or merchandise, or as part of any political campaign or for the purpose of attracting the attention or inviting the patronage of any person to any business whatsoever 1 . (1970 Code §28.20; amd. 1995 Code)
C. Except in cases of emergencies or as otherwise provided in this section, it shall constitute a nuisance for any person to conduct building construction operations between seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. (8:00 A.M. on Sundays), or to operate or use any pile drivers, steam shovels, pneumatic hammers, derricks, steam or electric hoists or other apparatus, the use of which is attended with loud or unusual noise, in any block in which more than half of the buildings on either side of the street are used exclusively for residence purposes. Exceptions to the above time restrictions are allowed for the maintenance and operation of utilities, public works projects or mail deliveries authorized by a governmental body, traffic control systems, the operation of police, emergency, or snow removal vehicles, the operation of mass transit system, the maintenance and operation of railways. (Ord. 01-30, 10-16-2001)
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| 1 | 1. See also section 10-10-1 of this Code. |