As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any place which at the time of the offense is not open to
the public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place which at the time of the offense is open to the
public. It includes property which is owned publicly or privately.
A person commits the offense of unlawful assembly if he/she
knowingly assembles with six (6) or more other persons and agrees
with such persons to violate any of the criminal laws of this State
or of the United States with force or violence.
A person commits the offense of rioting if he/she knowingly
assembles with six (6) or more other persons and agrees with such
persons to violate any of the criminal laws of this State or of the
United States with force or violence and thereafter, while still so
assembled, does violate any of said laws with force or violence.
A person commits the offense of refusal to disperse if, being
present at the scene of an unlawful assembly or at the scene of a
riot, he/she knowingly fails or refuses to obey the lawful command
of a Law Enforcement Officer to depart from the scene of such unlawful
assembly or riot.
[Ord. No. 87.10.5 §1, 11-2-1987; Ord. No. 248, 11-12-2001; Ord. No. 409, 2-13-2023]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause to
be made or continued, any loud, excessive or unnecessary noise which
either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose,
health, safety or peace of others within the limits of the City.
B. It shall be unlawful for sound from audio equipment, such as tape
players, radios, and compact disc players, to be operated at a volume
as to be audible greater than fifty (50) feet from the source and
if not operated upon the property of the operator.
C. Muffler cutouts shall not be used and no vehicle shall be driven
in such manner or condition that excessive and unnecessary noise shall
be made by its machinery motor, signaling device or other parts, or
any improperly loaded cargo.
D. It shall be unlawful to use any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle
so out of repair, so loaded or in such manner as to create loud and
unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise.
E. The motors of all motor vehicles shall be fitted with properly attached
mufflers of such capacity or construction as to quiet the maximum
potential exhaust noise as completely as is done in modern gas engine
passenger motor vehicles. Any cutout or opening in the exhaust pipe
between the motor and the muffler on any motor vehicle shall be completely
closed and disconnected from its operating lever, and shall be so
arranged that it cannot automatically open or be opened or operated
while such vehicle is in motion.
F. It shall be unlawful to use jake brakes within City limits. Sound
created by the use of jake brakes is unnecessary within the City limits
except when used in the event of an imminent danger or accident.
G. The acts described in this Section, among others, are declared to
be loud excessive and unnecessary noise in violation of this Section,
but such enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive.
H. Every person who violates this Section shall be guilty of an ordinance
violation and shall be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not
less than seventy-five dollars ($75.00) and not more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00), by imprisonment in the County Jail not to exceed
fifteen (15) days, or by both fine and imprisonment.