§ 38-486 — Noise

§ 38-486. - Noise.

(a) No person shall, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., create, make, sustain, continue, or cause to be made or continued any excessive, unnecessary or unusual noise disturbance or any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others, within the campgrounds or camping area. (b) Between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., the following acts and sounds, among others and not to exclude other such acts, are declared to be excessive or unusual noises generated at a campsite or in a designated camping area violate this section, namely: (1) horns, whistles, sirens, firearms, explosives or fireworks, sounding of horns, whistles, sirens, firearms or other such alarm or announcement device, whether manual or power-operated, or the detonation of fireworks or explosives except as required as warning of fire, natural disaster or other impending or incidental danger, or which may be required as a part of law enforcement, by emergency, or as excepted by Section 34-5 which produce a noise disturbance; (2) radios, television equipment, electronic audio equipment, musical instruments and similar devices operating or permitting the use or operation of any device designed for sound production, amplification, or reproduction, including but not limited to any radio, musical instrument, phonograph, television set, tape recorder, loud speaker, or other similar device such as to produce a noise disturbance; (3) sounds so loud as to be plainly audible 50 feet or more from such device, except as authorized by permit; (4) boisterous, belligerent, or clamorous noisemaking; and (5) shouting, carousing, singing or other prolonged noisemaking such as to produce a noise disturbance, unless and except such noise is in the urgent interest of public health, safety or welfare.

(Ord. No. 21515, § 2, 6-27-00)