§ 19-3. Acts creating unlawful noises.

The following acts are declared to create loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise, and a person commits an offense if they knowingly cause or allow the following:

(a)

Vehicle loudspeaker: Operate or permit to be operated any loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment in a fixed or movable position mounted on or in any vehicle in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, park, or other public property so that the sound is plainly audible for fifty (50) feet from its source.

(b)

Refuse collection: The collection of garbage, waste, or refuse between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. within three hundred (300) feet of any residential neighborhood or other area zoned residential.

(c)

Lawn mowing: The operation of motorized lawn mowing equipment, whether electric or fuel powered, including without limitation lawn mowers, edgers, trimmers, or weed eaters, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. within three hundred (300) feet of any residential neighborhood or other area zoned residential.

(Ord. No. 1158, § 2, 4-26-04; Ord. No. 1158-1, § 1, 1-24-05)