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TOW N OF BUTTE FALLS N O IS E O R D IN A N C E # 2 9 0 VUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA ( E x c e r p ts f r o m o r d in a n c e ) L . B lo w ers, a n d S im ilar D ev ices: I n r e s id e n tia l o r n o is e s e n s itiv e a r e a s , b e tw e e n th e h o u r s o f 9 :0 0 p .m . a n d 7 :0 0 a .m ., th e o p e r a tio n o f a n y n o is e - c r e a tin g b lo w e r , p o w e r f a n , o r a n y in te r n a l c o m b u s tio n e n g in e , th e o p e r a tio n o f w h ic h c a u s e s n o is e d u e to th e e x p lo s io n o f o p e r a tin g g a s e s o r f lu id s , p r o v id e d th a t th e n o is e is u n r e a s o n a b ly lo u d a n d r a u c o u s a n d c a n b e h e a r d a c r o s s th e p r o p e r ty lin e o f th e p r o p e r ty f r o m w h ic h it e m a n a te s . M . 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S o u n d s c a u s e d b y th e f o llo w in g a r e e x e m p t f r o m th e p r o h ib itio n s s e t o u t in S e c tio n 6 a n d a r e in a d d itio n to th e e x e m p tio n s p e c if ic a lly s e t f o r th in S e c tio n 6 : A . M o to r v eh icles o n tr a f f ic w a y s o f th e C ity , p r o v id e d th a t th e p r o h ib itio n o f S e c tio n 6 .B c o n tin u e s to a p p ly . B . R ep a irs o f u tility s tr u c tu r e s w h ic h p o s e a c le a r a n d im m e d ia te d a n g e r to lif e , h e a lth , o r s ig n if ic a n t lo s s o f p r o p e r ty . C . S iren s, w h istle s , o r b e lls la w f u lly u s e d b y e m e r g e n c y v e h ic le s , o r o th e r a la r m s y s te m s u s e d in c a s e o f f ir e , c o llis io n , c iv il d e f e n s e , p o lic e a c tiv ity , o r im m in e n t d a n g e r , p r o v id e d th a t th e p r o h ib itio n c o n ta in e d in S e c tio n 6 .D c o n tin u e s to a p p ly . D . T h e em issio n o f s o u n d f o r th e p u r p o s e o f a le r tin g p e r s o n s to th e e x is te n c e o f a n e m e r g e n c y o r th e e m is s io n o f s o u n d in th e p e r f o r m a n c e o f e m e r g e n c y w o r k . E . R ep a irs o r e x c a v a tio n s o f b r id g e s , s tr e e ts o r h ig h w a y s b y o r o n b e h a lf o f th e T o w n , th e S ta te , o r th e F e d e r a l G o v e r n m e n t, b e tw e e n th e h o u r s o f 7 :0 0 p .m . a n d 7 :0 0 a .m ., w h e n p u b lic w e lf a r e a n d c o n v e n ie n c e r e n d e r s it im p r a c tic a l to p e r f o r m th e w o r k b e tw e e n 7 :0 0 a .m . a n d 7 :0 0 p .m . F . O u td o o r S ch o o l a n d P la y g ro u n d A ctiv ities . R e a s o n a b le a c tiv itie s c o n d u c te d o n p u b lic p la y g r o u n d s a n d p u b lic o r p r iv a te s c h o o l g r o u n d s , w h ic h a r e c o n d u c te d in a c c o r d a n c e w ith th e m a n n e r in w h ic h s u c h s p a c e s a r e g e n e r a lly u s e d , in c lu d in g , b u t n o t lim ite d to , s c h o o l a th le tic a n d s c h o o l e n te r ta in m e n t e v e n ts . G . O th er O u td o o r E v en ts . O u td o o r g a th e r in g s , p u b lic d a n c e s , s h o w s a n d s p o r tin g e v e n ts , a n d o th e r s im ila r o u td o o r e v e n ts , p r o v id e d th a t a p e r m it h a s b e e n o b ta in e d f r o m th e a p p r o p r ia te p e r m ittin g a u th o r ity . S ectio n 8 . E n fo rcem en t . T h e f o llo w in g in d iv id u a ls s h a ll e n f o r c e th is o r d in a n c e : T h e M a r s h a l ’ s o f f ic e w ill h a v e p r im a r y r e s p o n s ib ility f o r th e e n f o r c e m e n t o f th e n o is e r e g u la tio n s c o n ta in e d in th is o r d in a n c e . N o th in g in th is o r d in a n c e s h a ll p r e v e n t th e M a r s h a l ’ s o f f ic e f r o m o b ta in in g v o lu n ta r y c o m p lia n c e b y w a y o f w a rn in g , n o tic e o r e d u c a tio n . S ectio n 9 . P en a lties. A p e r s o n w h o v io la te s a p r o v is io n o f th is o r d in a n c e is g u ilty o f a n in f r a c tio n , w h ic h is p u n is h a b le b y a f in e n o t to e x c e e d S 5 0 0 .0 0 . E a c h o c c u r r e n c e o f a v io la tio n , o r , in th e c a s e o f c o n tin u o u s v io la tio n s , e a c h d a y a v io la tio n o c c u r s o r c o n tin u e s , c o n s titu te s a s e p a r a te o f f e n c e a n d m a y b e p u n is h e d s e p a r a te ly . S ectio n 1 0 . S ev era b ility ' C la u se . A d e te r m in a tio n o f in v a lid ity o r u n c o n s titu tio n a lity b y a c o u r t o f c o m p e te n t ju r is d ic tio n o f a n y c la u s e , s e n te n c e , p a r a g r a p h , s e c tio n o r p a r t, o f th is o r d in a n c e s h a ll n o t a f f e c t th e v a lid ity o f th e r e m a in in g p a r ts to th is o r d in a n c e . S ectio n 1 1 . S a v in g s C la u se . 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