A. 
Use restricted. It shall be unlawful for any person within any residential zone of the City to use or operate any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, television set or other machine or device for producing or reproducing of sound (between the hours of 10:00 p.m. of one day and 7:00 a.m. of the following day) in such a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of neighboring residents or any reasonable person of normal sensitiveness residing in the area.
B. 
Prima facie violation. Any noise exceeding the ambient noise level at the property line of any property (or, if a condominium or apartment house, within any adjoining apartment) by more than five decibels shall be deemed to be prima facie evidence of a violation of the provisions of this section.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause a vehicular sound reproduction system to be plainly audible at a distance of 300 or more feet between the hours of 10:00 p.m. of one day and 7:00 a.m. of the following day.
[Added 4-28-2003 by Ord. No. 8-2003]
It shall be unlawful for any person within the City to sell anything by outcry within any area of the City zoned for residential uses. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the selling by outcry of merchandise, food and beverages at licensed sporting events, parades, fairs, circuses and other similar licensed public entertainment events.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use any drum or other instrument or device of any kind for the purpose of attracting attention by the creation of noise within the City. This section shall not apply to any person who is a participant in a school band or duly authorized parade or who has been otherwise duly authorized to engage in such conduct.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain or permit the keeping of, upon any premises owned, occupied or controlled by such person, any animal or fowl otherwise permitted to be kept which, by any sound, cry or behavior, shall cause annoyance or discomfort to a reasonable person of normal sensitiveness in any residential neighborhood.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any machinery, equipment, pump, fan, air- conditioning apparatus or similar mechanical device in any manner so as to create any noise which would cause the noise level at the property line of any property to exceed the ambient noise level by more than five decibels based on a reference sound pressure of 0.0002 microbars as measured in any octave band center frequency, in cycles per second, as follows: 63, 125, 250, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 4,000 and 8,000, and for the combined frequency bands, "A" band.
It shall be unlawful for any person within a residential zone or within a radius of 500 feet therefrom to operate equipment or perform any outside construction or repair work on buildings, structures or projects or to operate any pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, steam or electric hoist or other construction type device except to perform emergency work between the hours of 10:00 p.m. of one day and 7:00 a.m. of the next day in such a manner that a reasonable person of normal sensitiveness residing in the area is caused discomfort or annoyance.
It shall be unlawful for any person within any residential area of the City to repair, rebuild or test any motor vehicle (between the hours of 10:00 p.m. of one day and 7:00 a.m. of the next day) in such a manner that a reasonable person of normal sensitiveness residing in that area is caused discomfort or annoyance.
[Amended 6-25-2007 by Ord. No. 4-2007]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle in such a manner as to cause the tires thereon to emit a squealing noise which is so loud that it annoys, injures, or endangers the composure, repose, health, peace or safety of others within the corporate limits of the City or recklessly creates the risk thereof. The squealing noise shall be presumed to annoy, disturb, injure or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others if the noise is audible at a distance of 150 feet from the place or position from which the noise emanates.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or sound or cause to be operated or sounded (between the hours of 10:00 p.m. of one day and 7:00 a.m. of the next day) a train horn or train whistle which creates a noise in excess of 89 dbA at any place or point 300 feet or more distant from the source of such sound.
It shall be unlawful for any person to create any noise on any street, sidewalk or public place adjacent to any school, institution of learning or church while the same is in use or adjacent to any hospital, which noise unreasonably interferes with the workings of such institution or which disturbs or unduly annoys patients in the hospital, provided that conspicuous signs are displayed in such street, sidewalk or public place indicating the presence of a school, church or hospital.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully make or continue or cause to be made or continued any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise which disturbs the peace or quiet of any neighborhood or which causes discomfort or annoyance to any reasonable person of normal sensitiveness residing in the area.
B. 
The standards which shall be considered in determining whether a violation of the provisions of this section exists shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) 
The volume of the noise.
(2) 
The intensity of the noise.
(3) 
Whether the nature of the noise is usual or unusual.
(4) 
Whether the origin of the noise is natural or unnatural.
(5) 
The volume and intensity of the background noise, if any.
(6) 
The proximity of the noise to residential sleeping facilities.
(7) 
The nature and zoning of the area within which the noise emanates.
(8) 
The density of the inhabitation of the area within which the noise emanates.
(9) 
The time of the day or night the noise occurs.
(10) 
The duration of the noise.
(11) 
Whether the noise is recurrent, intermittent or constant.
(12) 
Whether the noise is produced by a commercial or noncommercial activity.