Ordinance 534-78 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • 1 c. SPECIFIC PROHIBITIONS. 2 1. MUFFLERS. Every motor vehicle operated upon the 3 public highways shall at all times be equipped with a muffler in good 4 working order and constant operation. 5 2. TIRE NOISE. It is unlawful for any person to operate a 6 motor vehicle in such a manner as to cause or allow to be emitted 7 squealing, screeching, or other such sound from the tires in contact with 8 the ground because of rapid acceleration or excessive speed around 9 corners or other such reason, provided that noise resulting from 10 emergency braking to avoid imminent danger shall be exempt from this 11 section. 12 3. ALTERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES. It is unlawful for 13 any person to change or modify any part of a motor vehicle or install any 14 device thereon in any manner that permits sound to be emitted by the 15 motor vehicle in excess of the limits prescribed in Section 4, (a) and (b) of 16 this chapter. 17 Section 5: Public Nuisance and Disturbance Noises. 18 a. PUBLIC NUISANCE NOISES. Pursuant to Section 11 of this ordinance 19 the Administrator may determine that a sound constitutes a public nuisance noise as 20 defined herein. It is unlawful for any person to cause or allow to be emitted a noise 21 which has been determined a public nuisance noise. 22 b. PUBLIC DISTURBANCE NOISES. It is unlawful for any person to cause, 23 or for any person in possession of property to allow to originate from the property, 24 sound that is a public disturbance. No sound source specifically exempted from a 25 maximum permissible sound level by this ordinance shall be a public nuisance noise or 26 public disturbance noise insofar as the particular source is exempted. The following 27 sources of sound shall be public disturbance noises and are subject to regulation under 28 the provisions of Section 3 of this ordinance: 29 1. Frequent, repetitive, or continuous noise made by any 30 animal which unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the peace, comfort 31 32 Page -6-