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(b) Sounds made by an emergency vehicle, as defined in ORS 801.260, when responding to or from an emergency or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law. (c) Sounds produced pursuant to a specific variance granted by the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission, or by the city manager or hearings official under subsection (2) of section 6.755 of this code. (d) Sounds caused by sources regulated as to sound production by federal law or sounds caused by sources the regulation of which is preempted by state law. (e) Sounds not electronically amplified, created by athletic and entertainment events other than motor vehicle racing events or fireworks displays. (f) Electronically amplified announcements at athletic events other than motor vehicle racing events. (g) The sounding of any horn or signaling device on an automobile, motorcycle, or other vehicle reasonably required by the exigencies of vehicular or pedestrian traffic. (h) Sounds specifically authorized under a permit or license issued by the city. Section 2. A caption entitled "Environmental Noise Disturbance," and Sections 6.750 and 6.755 are added to the Eugene Code, 1971, to provide: ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE DISTURBANCE 6.750 Environmental Noise Disturbance - Specific Prohibitions. Unless exempted by section 6.755 of this code, the following acts are declared to be noise disturbances, as that term is defined in section 4.080 of this code; however this enumeration shall not be deemed an exclusive list of the violations of this section, nor shall the recitation of specific prohibitions below be deemed the exclusive and entire listing of unlawful noise disturbances for each su bcategory: (a) 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. (b) Idlinq enqines. 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. Ordinance - 2