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Ordinance No. 2005 -158 (k) Domestic Power Tools. Operating or permitting the operation of any mechanically powered saw, drill, sander, grinder, lawn or garden tool, lawnmower or other similar device used outdoors, other than powered snow removal equipment in residential areas between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. the following day on weekdays and before 10:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. on Sundays so as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary. (1) Operating or permitting the operation of powered model vehicles so as to create a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary or in a public space between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. the following day. (2) During the permitted period of operation, maximum sound levels in a residential area shall not exceed sixty dBA measured at a distance of fifty feet from any point on the path of the vehicle. BE AMENDED AND, AS AMENDED, SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: 555.03 SPECIFIC PROHIBITIONS. The following acts, and the causing or permitting thereof, are declared to be in violation of this chapter: (a) Animals and Birds. Owning, possessing or harboring any animal or bird which frequently or for continued duration, howls, barks, meows, squawks, or makes other sounds which create a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary. (b) Places of Public Entertainment. 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 in any place of public entertainment at a sound level greater than ninety -five dBA as read by the slow response on a sound level meter at any point that is normally occupied by a customer, unless a conspicuous and legible sign is located outside such place, near each public entrance, stating "WARNING: SOUND LEVELS WITHIN MAY CAUSE PERMANENT HEARING IMPAIRMENT ". (c) Vehicle or Motorboat Repairs and Testing_ 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. (d) Adequate Mufflers or Sound Dissipative Devices. (1) Operating or causing to be operated any motor vehicle or motorcycle not equipped with a muffler or other sound dissipative device in good working order and in constant operation. (2) Removing or rendering inoperative, or causing to be removed or rendered inoperative, other than for purposes of maintenance, repair or replacement, any muffler or sound dissipative device on a motor vehicle or motorcycle. (3) The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, or motorboat, except through a muffler or other device in good working order and in constant operation. 4