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(c) Loadina, unloadina, openina 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. (d) Construction or repair 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. (e) Pile drivers, hammers. leaf blowers lawnmowers, etc. Operating any pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, steam or electric hoist, leaf blower, or lawn mower between the hours of 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. the following day. No single powered leaf blower shall produce a noise level exceeding 70dBA measured at a distance of 50 feet. No powered leaf blower shall be operated within a 100-foot radius of another powered leaf blower simultaneously. On a single-family residential property, the 70 dBA at 50 feet restriction shall not apply if operated for fewer than 10 minutes during any consecutive sixty minute period. (f) Residential pumps. fans and air conditioners. Operating any heat pumps, residential fans, air conditioners, stationary pumps, stationary cooling towers, stationary compressors, or similar mechanical device or any combination thereof installed after [the effective date of this ordinance] so as to create any noise which would cause the maximum noise level to exceed 60 dBA at any point on the property line of the affected residential property. (g) Commercial and industrial noise. Operating any equipment and conducting activities so as to create any noise which would cause the maximum noise level to exceed a one-hour equivalent sound pressure level of 60 dBA at any point on the property line of an affected residential property zoned R-1, R-2, R-3 or R-4. (h) Steam whistles, sirens. and other aural warnina devices. Operating or permitting the operation of a steam whistle, siren, or other aural warning device except where necessary to provide a warning of fire or danger. (i) Other. Any sound source exceeding the standards set out in section 9.2530(20) of this code and not otherwise exempt therefrom. 6.755 Environmental Noise Disturbance - Exemptions. Variances. (1) Exemptions. The following sounds are exempted from the provisions of section 6.075 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 Ordinance - 3