Item A: Abatement of Noise Pollution

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Eugene Code (c) Sirens. Sounding a stationary siren. (d) Exhausts. Discharging into the open air the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine,motorboat, motor vehicle, or any mechanical device operated by compressed air or steam without a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent the emission of loud or explosive noises except where such discharge is from vehicles used for participation in vehicle spectator sports activities between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., and the activities are properly licensed by the city and consistent with its zoning ordinance. (e) IdUna enaines. Operating for more than 15 consecutive minutes any idling engine in such a 'manner as to be plainly audible within any dwelling unit between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. the following day. (f) Loading. unloadina. ooening boxes. Loading or unloading any vehicle or opening, closing or destroying bales, boxes, crates and containers, between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. the following day, so as to create a noise disturbance. (g) Construction or reoair of buildinas. streets. etc. Constructing (including excavating), demolishing, altering, or repairing any building, street, sidewalk, driveway, sewer or utility line between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. the following day. (h) Pile drivers. hammers. lawnmowers. etc. Operating any pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, or steam or electric hoist between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. the following day or lawnmower between the hours of 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. the following day. (i) Animals. Keeping any animal which frequently or for a long duration makes vocal or other sounds so as to create a noise disturbance. (j) Other. Any sound source exceeding the standards set out in section 9.2530(20) of this code and not otherwise exempt therefrom. (Section 4.083 added by Ordinance No. 16229, enacted September 13, 1971; amended by Ordinance No. 17434, enacted July 28, 1975; Orcjinance No. 19274, enacted August 13, 1984; Ordinance No. 19697, enacted June 25, 1990; Ordinance No. 19770, enacted April 22, 1991, effective May 22, 1991; Ordinance No. 19902, enacted February 17, 1993, effective March 19, 1993; and Ordinance No. 20301, enacted November 10, 2003, effective December 10, 2003.) 4.084 Noise Disturbance - ExemDtions. Variances. (1) Exemotions. The following sounds are exempted from the provisions of sections 4.080,4.081, and 4.083 of this code: (a) Sounds made by work necessary to restore property to a safe condition following a public calamity, or work required to protect persons or property from imminent exposure to danger. (b) 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. ,/ 4-8 12/24/2003