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to provide: 4.083 4.084 ORDINANCE NO. 20378 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING NOISE DISTURBANCES; AMENDING SECTIONS 4.083, AND 4.084 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND ADDING SECTIONS 6.750 AND 6.755 TO THAT CODE. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Sections 4.083, and 4.084 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended Noise Disturbance - Specific Prohibitions. Unless exempted by section 4.084 of this code, the following acts are declared to be noise disturbances; however this enumeration shall not be deemed an exclusive list of the violations of section 4.080(2) or section 4.081 of this code, nor shall the recitation of specific prohibitions below be deemed the exclusive and entire listing of unlawful noise disturbances for each subcategory: (a) Sound producinq, amplifvinq or reproducinQ equipment. Operating or permitting the use or operation of any device designed for sound production, amplification, or reproduction, including but not limited to a radio, drums and other musical instruments, phonograph, television set, tape recorder, loud speaker, or other similar device: 1. Between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. the following day so as to be plainly audible within any dwelling unit which is not the source of the sound; or 2. On public property or on a public right-of-way so as to be plainly audible fifty feet or more from such device, except as specifically authorized in writing by the city, county, state or federal government. (b) Animals. Keeping, or permitting the keeping of any animal or fowl otherwise permitted to be kept which, by any sound, cry or behavior causes vocal or other sounds on a sustained basis during a 15-minute period shall constitute a noise disturbance. Noise Disturbance - Exemptions. The following sounds are exempted from the provisions of sections 4.080, 4.081 and 4.083 of this code: (a) Sounds made by warning devices to protect persons or property from imminent exposure to danger, provided however that burglar or fire alarms shall not operate continuously for more than fifteen minutes. Ordinance - 1