The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
means but is not limited to any loud, raucous, irritating, jarring, vexing, or disturbing noise which causes distress, annoyance, discomfort, or injury to, or which interferes with the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of any person of normal nervous sensibilities in the vicinity of audibility thereof. The following acts, among other acts of a similar nature not enumerated in this article, are declared to be noise nuisances when such acts are done or accomplished or carried on in such a manner or with such volume, intensity, or with continued duration so as to annoy, to distress, or to disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of persons of normal nervous sensibilities within the vicinity of audibility thereof:
The playing of any radio, phonograph, jukebox, nickelodeon, or any musical instrument, or any loud or vociferous language;
The keeping of any animal, fowl or bird, which makes frequent or long continued noise;
The continued or frequent sounding of any horn or other signal device, including such devices on any automobile or vehicle, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle, except as a danger signal;
The running of any motor of any automobile or vehicle, motorcycle, or other motor vehicle so out of repair, or so loaded, or so operated, as to create loud, grating, grinding, jarring or rattling noise vibrations;
The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, automobile, motorcycle, other motor vehicle or boat, except through a muffler or other device which prevents loud or explosive noises therefrom:
The erection, including excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair work, on any building or other structure other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., on weekdays, except in cases of extreme and urgent necessity in the interest of public safety and convenience, and then only by permit obtained from and issued by the building official, which permit may be renewed during the time the emergency exists;
The crying, calling, or shouting in person or by a mechanical device, or the use of any whistle, rattle, bell, gong, clapper, hammer, drum, horn, loudspeaker or phonograph with or without an amplifier, hand organ, or other devices or instruments, musical or otherwise in a loud, raucous, irritating, jarring or disturbing manner, without a permit from the city council.
means but is not limited to deposits or accumulations of any materials which are likely to cause harm or physical injury or damage to a person or animal who comes in physical contact therewith, such as glass, nails, barbed wire, explosives, sharp-edged materials and other similar dangerous materials.
means that which gives offense to the olfactory, auditory or visual senses of a person of normal nervous sensibilities, or that which interferes with or obstructs the normal, reasonable or comfortable use of property, or which is likely to cause harm or physical injury or damage to a person or animal who may come in physical contact therewith.
The burning, spraying or spreading of solid, liquid or gaseous materials; or
The accumulation of piles of materials such as compost, trash, stagnant water or other matter;
The burning of trash, refuse, building materials, vegetation and any other type of outdoor burning except as authorized by the Texas Air Control Board. Proof in the form of a copy of the Texas Air Control Board permit must be submitted to the city secretary prior to the burning and must be conducted within the guidelines set forth by the TACB.
means but is not limited to:
The use of spotlights, floodlights, flashing lights or lights of varying intensity other than those of an emergency vehicle which unreasonably invade or affect the environment of an adjacent or neighboring residence; or
The use of outdoor spotlights or floodlights, other than public streetlights, in residential zones after 10:00 p.m.
(Ordinance 184, secs. I—V, adopted 3/4/85; Ordinance 184-A, sec. 1, adopted 6/19/86)