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or fire alarms shall not operate continuously for more than fifteen minutes. (c) 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. (d) Sounds made by current employment of land and buildings for farm uses, i.e., for the purpose of obtaining a profit in money by raising, harvesting, and selling crops or by the feeding, breeding, management, and sale of livestock, poultry, fur-bearing animals or honeybees, or the produce thereof, or for dairying and the sale of dairy products or any other agricultural or horticultural operations or any combination thereof including the preparation and storage of the products raised for man's use and animal use and disposal by marketing or otherwise by a farmer on such farm. (e) Sounds produced by work performed by the city, county or state, and persons under contract with them for repairs or maintenance of roads, water wells, water service lines, trees and landscape, as well as street sweeping, garbage removal, and similar activities. (f) 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 this section. (g) 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. (h) Sounds not electronically amplified, created by athletic and entertainment events other than motor vehicle racing events or fireworks displays. (i) Electronically amplified announcements at athletic events other than motor vehicle racing events. 0) 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. (k) Sounds specifically authorized under a permit or license issued by the city. (I) Sounds produced by leaf blowers and street sweepers being used to clean parking lots and adjacent areas in commercial or industrial zones. (2) Variances. Any person who owns, controls, or operates any sound source which does not comply with section 6.075 of this code may apply to the city manager for a variance. As used herein, "city manager" includes a designee of the city manager. (a) Application. An application for a variance shall be in writing on a form provided by the city, contain the information required by the city manager, and be accompanied by a fee in an amount set under section 2.020 of this code. No application shall be Ordinance - 4