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N O IS E O R D IN A N C E #290
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S ection 6. N oises P roh ibited - th e fo llo w in g acts are d eclared to b e p er se v io latio n s o f th is o rd in an ce.
T h is en u m eratio n d o es n o t co n stitu te an ex clu siv e list:
A . U n reason ab le N o ises; T h e u n reason ab le m ak in g o f, o r k n o w in g ly an d u n reaso n ab ly p erm ittin g to
b e m ad e, an y u n reaso n ab ly lo u d , b o istero u s o r u n u su al n o ise, d istu rb an ce, co m m o tio n o r v ib ratio n in
an y b o ard in g facility, d w ellin g , p lace o f b u siness o r o th er stru ctu re, o r u p o n an y p u b lic street, p ark o r
o th er p lace o r b u ild in g . T h e o rd inary an d u su al so u n d s, n o ises, co m m o tio n o r v ib ratio n in cid en tal to
th e o p eratio n o f th ese p laces w h en co n d u cted in acco rd an ce w ith th e u su al stan d ard s o f p ractice an d in
a m an ner w h ich w ill n o t u n reaso n ab ly d istu rb th e p eace an d co m fo rt o f ad jacen t resid en ces o r w h ich
w ill n o t d etrim en tally affect th e o p erato rs o f ad jacen t p laces o f b u sin ess are ex em p ted from th is
p ro v isio n .
B . V eh icle h orn s, sign alin g d evices an d sim ilar d evices: t h e so u n d in g o f an y h o rn , sig n alin g d ev ice,
o r o th er sim ilar d ev ice, o n an y au to m o b ile, m o to rcy cle, o r o th er v eh icle o n an y rig h t-o f-w ay o r in an y
p u b lic sp ace o f th e to w n , fo r m o re th an 10 con secu tive secon ds. T h e so u n d in g o f an y h o rn , sig n alin g
d ev ice, o r o th er sim ilar d ev ice as a d an g er w arn in g is ex em p t fro m th is p ro v isio n .
C . N on -E m ergen cy sign alin g d evices: so u n d in g o r p erm ittin g so u n d in g an y am p lified sig n al fro m an y
b ell, ch im e, siren , w h istle o r sim ilar d ev ice, in ten d ed p rim arily fo r n o n -em erg en cy p u rp o ses, fro m an y
p lace fo r m o re th an 20 con secu tive secon d s in an y h o u rly p erio d . T h e reaso n ab le so u n d in g o f su ch
d ev ices b y h o u ses o f relig io u s w o rsh ip , ice cream tru ck s, seaso n al co n trib utio n so licito rs o r b y th e city
fo r traffic co n tro l p u rp oses are ex em p t fro m th e o p eratio n o f th is p ro v isio n .
D . E m ergen cy sign alin g d evices: t h e in ten tio n al so u n d in g o r p erm ittin g th e so u n d in g o u td o o rs o f an y
em erg en cy sig n alin g d ev ice in clu d in g fire, b u rglar, civ il d efen se alarm . S iren , w h istle, o r sim ilar
em erg en cy d ev ice, ex cep t in an em erg en cy o r ex cep t as p ro v id ed in su b sectio ns (1 ) an d (2 ) b elo w .
(1 ) T estin g o f an em erg en cy sig n alin g d ev ice sh all o ccu r b etw een 7 :0 0 am an d 7 :0 0 p m . A n y testin g
sh all u se o n ly th e m in im u m cy cle test tim e. In n o case sh all su ch test tim e ex ceed fiv e m in u tes.
(2 ) S o u n d in g o r p erm ittin g th e so u n d in g o f an y ex terio r b u rg lar o r fire alarm o r an y m o to r v eh icle
b u rg lar alarm sh all term in ate w ith in fifteen m in u tes o f activ atio n u n less an em erg en cy ex ists. If a false
o r accid en tal activ atio n o f th e alarm o ccu rs m o re th an 4 tim es in a calen dar m o n th , th e o w n er o r p erso n
resp o n sib le fo r th e alarm sh all b e in v io latio n o f th is o rd in an ce.
E . R ad ios, television s, b oom b oxes, p h on ograp h s, stereos, m u sical in strum en ts an d sim ilar
d evices: t h e u se o r o p eratio n o f a rad io , telev isio n , b o o m b o x , stereo , m u sical in stru m en t o r sim ilar
d ev ice th at p ro d u ces o r rep ro du ces so u n d in a m an n er th at is p lain ly au d ib le to an y p erso n o th er th an
th e p lay er(s) o r o p erato r(s) o f th is d ev ice, an d th o se w h o are v o lu n tarily listen in g to th e so u n d , an d
w h ich u n reaso n ab ly d istu rb s th e p eace, q u iet an d co m fo rt o f n eig h b ors an d p assers-b y , o r is p lain ly
au d ib le at a d istan ce o f 5 0 feet fro m an y p erso n in a co m m erical, in d u strial area o r p u b lic sp ace. T h e
u se o r o p eratio n o f su ch item s th at p ro d u ce o r rep ro d u ce so u n d in a m an n er th at is p lain ly au d ib le to
an y p erso n o th er th an th e p lay er(s) o r o p erato r(s) o f th e d ev ice, an d th o se w h o are v o lu n tarily listen in g
to th e so u n d , an d u n reaso n ab ly d istu rb s th e p eace, q u iet an d co m fo rt o f n eig h b o rs in residen tial o r
n o ise sen sitiv e areas, in clu d in g m u lti-fam ily o r sin g le fam ily d w ellin g s.
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