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<br />Ordinance No. 2002-171
<br />Prohibitions," which presently reads as follows:
<br />"555.03 SPECIFIC PROHIBITIONS.
<br />The following acts, and the causing or permitting thereof, are declared to be in violation of
<br />this chapter:
<br />(a) Animals and Birds. Owning, possessing or harboring any animal or bird which
<br />frequently or for continued duration, howls, barks, meows, squawks, or makes
<br />other sounds which create a noise disturbance across a residential real property
<br />boundary.
<br />(b) Places of Public Entertainment. Operating, playing or pernutting the operation or
<br />playing of any radio, television, phonograph, drum, musical instrument, sound
<br />amplifier or similar device which produces, reproduces, or amplifies sound in any
<br />place of public entertainment at a sound level greater than ninety-five dBA as read
<br />by the slow response on a sound level meter at any point that is normally occupied
<br />by a customer, unless a conspicuous and legible sign is located outside such place,
<br />neax each public entrance, stating °WARNING: SOUND LEVELS WITHIN
<br />MAY CAUSE PERMANENT HEARING IMPAIRMENT".
<br />(c) Vehicle or Motorboat Repairs and Testin?. Repairing, rebuilding, modifying or
<br />testing any motor veliicle, motorcycle, or motorboat in such a manner as to cause a
<br />noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary.
<br />(d) Adequate Mufflers or Sound Dissipative Devices.
<br />(1) Operating or causing to be operated any motor vehicle or motorcycle not
<br />equipped with a muffler or other sound dissipative device in good working
<br />order and in constant operation.
<br />(2) Removing or rendering inoperative, or causing to be removed or rendered
<br />inoperative, other than for purposes of maintenance, repair or replacement,
<br />any muffler or sound dissipative device on a motor vehicle or motorcycle.
<br />(3) The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine,
<br />stationary internal combustion engine, or motorboat, except through a
<br />muffler or other device in good working order and in constant operation.
<br />(e) Motor Vehicles.
<br />(1) Operating or permitting the operation of any motor vehicle with a gross
<br />vehicle weight rating (GVWR) in excess of 10,000 pounds or any auxiliary
<br />equipment attached to such a vehicle, for a period longer than five minutes
<br />in any hour while the vehicle is stationary, for reasons other than traffic
<br />congestion, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. the following
<br />day.
<br />(2) Racing the motor of any vehicle unnecessarily or operating any motor
<br />vehicle, except in an emergency in such manner that the vehicle is so
<br />rapidly accelerated or started from a stopped position that the exhaust
<br />system emits a loud, cracking or chattering noise unusual to its normal
<br />operation, or whereby the tires of such vehicle squeal or leave tire marks
<br />on the pavement or other surface, commonly called "peeling".
<br />(3) Operating, or permitting the operation of any tow motor, payloader,
<br />backhoe or other similar motorized vehicle used for loading, unloading,
<br />and/or transporting goods on any premises, within 175 feet of any
<br />residential lot line, on any day between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00
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