<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 24-22. - Prohibited acts.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Noise disturbances.</span> Except as provided in <a href="" data-chunk-id="CD_ORD_CH24NU_ARTIINOCO_S24-23EX" class="section-link" data-product-id="14528">section 24-23</a>, no person shall make, continue, or cause to be made or continued any noise disturbance,
               regardless of the time of day. Noncommercial public speaking and public assembly activities
               conducted on any public space or public right-of-way shall be exempt from the operation
               of this section.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Specific prohibitions.</span> Except as provided in <a href="" data-chunk-id="CD_ORD_CH24NU_ARTIINOCO_S24-23EX" class="section-link" data-product-id="14528">section 24-23</a>, the following acts, among others, are declared to be unreasonably loud, disturbing
               and unusually excessive noises in violation of this article, but such enumeration
               shall not be exclusive:
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               (1)
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               <span class="ital">Radios, television sets, musical instruments and similar devices.</span> Operating, playing or permitting the operation or playing of any radio, television,
               phonograph, drum, musical instrument, sound amplifier, or similar device which produces,
               reproduces, or amplifies sound:
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               a.
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               Between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day in such a manner as
               to create a noise disturbance across a real property boundary or within a noise-sensitive
               zone;
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               b.
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               In such a manner as to create a noise disturbance at 50 feet from such a device, when
               operated in or on a motor vehicle on a public right-of-way or public space, or in
               a motorboat or other vessel which operates on public waters; or
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               c.
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               In such a manner as to create a noise disturbance to any person other than to the
               operator of the device, when operated by any passenger on a common carrier.
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               This subsection shall not apply to noncommercial spoken language covered under subsection
               (b)(2) of this section.
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               (2)
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               <span class="ital">Loudspeakers and public address systems.</span> Using or operating, for any purpose, any loudspeaker, public address system, or similar
               device such that the sound therefrom creates a noise disturbance across a real property
               boundary or within a noise-sensitive zone, or between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and
               7:00 a.m. the following day on a public right-of-way or public space.
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               (3)
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               <span class="ital">Loading or unloading.</span> Loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers,
               building materials, or similar objects between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
               the following day in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential
               real property boundary or within a noise-sensitive zone.
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               (4)
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               <span class="ital">Construction and demolition.</span> Operating or permitting the operation of any tools or equipment used in construction
               or demolition work between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day,
               such that the sound therefrom creates a noise disturbance across a residential real
               property boundary or within a sensitive zone, except for emergency work; provided
               that this shall not apply to the use of domestic power tools subject to subsection
               (b)(12) of this section.
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               (5)
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               <span class="ital">Explosives, firearms and similar devices.</span> The use or firing of explosives, firearms, firecrackers and other fireworks, or similar
               devices which create impulsive sound so as to cause a noise disturbance across a real
               property boundary or on a public space or right-of-way.
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               (6)
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               <span class="ital">Emergency signaling devices.</span>
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               a.
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               The intentional sounding or permitting the sounding outdoors of any fire, burglar,
               or civil defense alarm, siren, whistle, or similar stationary emergency signaling
               device, except for emergency purposes or for testing, as provided in subsection (b)(10)b
               of this section.
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               b.
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               Testing of a stationary emergency signaling device shall occur at the same time of
               day each time such a test is performed, but not before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m.
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               (7)
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               <span class="ital">Noise-sensitive zones.</span> After being forbidden to do so, creating or causing the creation of any sound within
               any noise-sensitive zone designated pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of this section
               so as to disrupt the activities normally conducted within the zone.
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               (8)
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               <span class="ital">Domestic power tools.</span> Operating or permitting the operation of any mechanically powered saw, sander, drill,
               grinder, lawn or garden tools, or similar device used outdoors, in or near residential
               areas between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day so as to cause
               a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary.
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               (9)
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               <span class="ital">Motor vehicles, motorcycles and motorboats.</span>
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               a.
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               <span class="ital">Generally.</span> No person shall operate a motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorboat which causes a noise
               disturbance across a real property boundary, within a noise-sensitive zone or on a
               public right-of-way, public space or public waterway as a result of:
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               1.
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               A defective or modified exhaust system; or
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               2.
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               Any unreasonably rapid acceleration, deceleration, engine revving or tire squealing;
               or
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               3.
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               Overloading or ill-repair which causes unusually excessive grating, grinding, rattling
               or other noise.
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               b.
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               <span class="ital">Repairs and testing.</span> Repairing, rebuilding, modifying, or testing any motor vehicle, motorcycle, or motorboat
               in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential real property
               boundary or within a noise-sensitive zone.
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               c.
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               <span class="ital">Horns and signaling devices of motor vehicles and motorcycles.</span> The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle, or other
               vehicle on any street or public place of the county, except as a danger warning, the
               creation, by means of any such signaling device, of any unreasonably loud or harsh
               sound, the sounding of any such device for an unreasonable amount of time, the use
               of any horn, whistle, or other device operated by engine exhaust, and the use of any
               such signaling device when traffic is for any reason held up. Authorized emergency
               vehicles may use warning sounds.
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               (10)
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               <span class="ital">Engine exhausts.</span> The discharge into the open air within the county of the exhaust of any steam engine,
               gasoline engine, stationary internal combustion engine, or other kind or type of engine,
               motorboat or motor vehicle, except through a muffler or other device which will effectively
               prevent loud or explosive noises therefrom.
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               (Code 1984, Â§ 9.8-99; Ord. of 9-2-1997, Â§ 1.04; Ord. of 6-15-2015, Â§ 1)
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