[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any of the following acts and causes thereof which annoy, disturb, injure or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace, safety or welfare of a reasonable person of normal sensibilities are declared to be in violation of this chapter and to constitute unreasonable noise:
A.
No person who owns or has immediate control over an animal shall permit such animal to cause, annoyance, alarm, or noise disturbance for more than 15 minutes at any time of the day or night, by repeated barking, whining, screeching, howling, braying or other like sounds which can be heard beyond the boundary of such person's property.
B.
The shouting, yelling, crying or hooting of peddlers, hawkers and vendors.
C.
No person shall cause or permit to be caused the excessive sounding of any horn or other auditory signaling device on or in any motor vehicle except to serve as a warning of danger.
D.
No person shall cause or permit the operation of any device, vehicle, construction equipment or lawn maintenance equipment, including but not limited to any diesel engine, internal combustion engine, recreational vehicles (i.e., snowmobiles and ATVs) or turbine engine, without a properly functioning muffler in good working order.
E.
No person shall cause or permit to be caused noise from power tools, lawn mowers, leaf blowers or agricultural equipment when operated on a residential property between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. No person shall cause or permit to be caused any noise which, when measured by a sound-level meter at the real property line of the parcel of residential or commercial property, public space (measured 50 feet from noise source) or the dwelling unit (within a multidwelling-unit building) from which it is emanating, is in excess of 90 dBA except that no noise in excess of 60 dBA shall be allowed to be caused or permitted from 7:00 p.m.to 7:00 a.m.
F.
No person shall cause or permit to be caused any noise which, when measured by a sound-level meter at the real property line of the parcel of industrial property from which it is emanating, is in excess of 75 dBA between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
G.
No person shall collect refuse from residential property with a refuse collection vehicle between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., except that this subsection shall not apply to the collection of refuse during an emergency, such as a storm or other unexpected event, which causes delays in refuse collection. No collection from commercial properties within 500 feet of residential between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
H.
Construction-related activities. Work hours for construction-related activities shall be Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. No work shall be performed on Sunday and holidays.