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Ordinance No. 2005 -158 (e) Motor Vehicles. (1) Operating or permitting the operation of any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) in excess of 10,000 pounds or any auxiliary equipment attached to such a vehicle, for a period longer than five minutes in any hour while the vehicle is stationary, for reasons other than traffic congestion, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. the following day. (2) Racing the motor of any vehicle unnecessarily or operating any motor vehicle, except in an emergency in such manner that the vehicle is so rapidly accelerated or started from a stopped position that the exhaust system emits a loud, cracking or chattering noise unusual to its normal operation, or whereby the tires of such vehicle squeal or leave tire marks on the pavement or other surface, commonly called "peeling ". (3) Operating, or permitting the operation of any tow motor, payloader, backhoe or other similar motorized vehicle used for loading, unloading, and/or transporting goods on any premises, within 175 feet of any residential lot line, on any day between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. (f) Loading and Unloading_ Loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans or similar objects between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. the following day as any such activity within 250 feet of a residential building is deemed to cause a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary. (g) Construction. Operating or permitting the operation of any tools or equipment used in construction, drilling or demolition work: (1) Between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. the following day on weekdays or 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Sundays, such that the sound therefrom creates a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary, except for emergency work of public service utilities or by special variance. (2) This section shall not apply to the use of domestic power tools subject to subsection (k) hereof. (h) Emergency Signaling Devices. (1) 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 subsections (h)(2) and (3) hereof. (2) 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. or the closing time of a commercial establishment, whichever shall occur later. Any such testing shall use only the minimum cycle test time. In no case shall such test time exceed sixty seconds. (3) Testing of the complete emergency signaling system, including the functioning of the signaling device and the personnel response to the signaling device, shall not occur before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. In no case shall such test time exceed ten minutes. (4) Sounding or permitting the sounding of any exterior burglar or fire alarm or any motor vehicle burglar alarm unless such alarm is automatically terminated within two minutes of