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(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. (e) Motor Vehicles. (1) Operating or permitting the operation of any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GV WR) 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: 2