Item 1: PH on Ordinance Concerning Noise Disturbance

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(a) Sound producing, amplifying or reproducing equipment. Operating or permitting the use or operation of any device designed for sound production, amplification, or reproduction, including but not limited to any radio, musical instrument, 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 authorized by permit. (b) Steam whistles. Blowing any steam whistle attached to any stationary boiler, except to give notice of the time to begin or stop work, as a warning of fire or danger or as authorized by permit. (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) Idling engines. 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, unloading, opening 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 repair of buildings, 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.