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It is unlawful for any person to cause or make, or for any person to cause in possession of property to allow to originate from the property, sound which is a public disturbance noise. Public disturbance noises include the following sounds or combinations of sounds:

(1) Loud and raucous, or frequent, repetitive or continuous sounds made by any horn or siren attached to a motor vehicle, except such sounds that are made to warn of danger or that are specifically permitted or required by law;

(2) Loud and raucous, or frequent, repetitive or continuous sounds created by musical instruments, audio sound systems, band sessions, or other devices capable of producing, amplifying or reproducing sound which unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the peace, comfort and repose of another and can be clearly heard by a person of normal hearing at a distance of fifty feet or more from the property from which the sound originates;

(3) Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on or near city streets, particularly between the hours of eleven p.m. and seven a.m., or at any other time and place which unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the peace, comfort and repose of another;

(4) The creation of frequent, repetitive or continuous sounds in connection with the starting, operation, repair, rebuilding or testing of any motor vehicle or internal combustion engine within a residential district, so as to unreasonably disturb or interfere with the peace, comfort and repose of another;

(5) Sound from a motor vehicle audio system, such as a radio, tape player or compact disc player, which is operated at such a volume that it can be clearly heard by a person of normal hearing at a distance of fifty feet or more from the vehicle itself;

(6) Sound from portable audio equipment, such as a radio, tape player or compact disc player, which is operated at such a volume that it can be clearly heard by a person of normal hearing at a distance of fifty feet or more from the source of the sound. (Ord. 2073, § 1, 2019; Ord. 1176, § 1, 1994.)