The creation of any unreasonably loud, disturbing, unnecessary noise which causes material distress, discomfort or injury to persons of ordinary sensibilities in the immediate vicinity thereof is hereby declared to be a nuisance and is hereby prohibited. Any noise of such character, intensity and continued duration which substantially interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of private homes by persons of ordinary sensibilities is also declared to be a nuisance and is hereby prohibited.
(1964 Code, sec. 16-1)
The playing of any radio, phonograph, television set or other musical instrument or device in such manner or with such volume, particularly between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons of ordinary sensibilities in any dwelling, hotel or other type of residence is hereby prohibited.
(1964 Code, sec. 16-2)
(a) 
Permit required.
It shall be unlawful for any person having under his control or management any skating rink, bowling alley, or any other place open to the public for the purpose of entertainment or amusement to permit or allow the playing of any band, musical instrument, phonograph, music machine or other mechanical music or noise making device, or the speaking or singing of any person through loud-speaking equipment or amplifiers, without first obtaining a permit so to do from the city secretary.
(b) 
Application for permit; term; fee.
(1) 
Any person desiring a permit required by this section shall apply to the city secretary for such a permit. The secretary shall grant such permit for the place designated in the application filed, which permit shall be good until midnight of the thirty-first day of December of the year during which it was issued. For each permit granted, the applicant shall pay the sum of twelve dollars ($12.00) per annum, the permit being good for the length of time above stated. The year shall be divided into quarters, the months of January, February and March being one quarter, April, May and June another quarter, July, August and September another quarter, and October, November and December another quarter. If an application for a permit is made after the expiration of any one or more quarters, then the fee herein provided for shall be lessened by the period of time which has expired, except that, if an application is made during any one quarter, no deduction shall be allowed for the portion of the quarter which has expired.
(2) 
No permit shall be issued for a period of time less than provided for in this subsection, it being the intention to require a permit even though the installation of the equipment or the playing of the band or orchestra is of a temporary nature.
(c) 
Revocation of permit.
If the holder of any permit issued under this section shall be guilty of violating any of the provisions of this article, or shall be convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction for violating any of the provisions of this article, the city secretary shall give such holder notice that ten (10) days after the date of the notice the permit will be revoked, unless, on or prior to the expiration of such ten-day period, the holder shows to the secretary good cause as to why the permit should not be revoked. If any such permit is revoked in the manner herein provided, then the secretary shall not issue another permit to the same person until the expiration of one (1) year from the date of revocation. It shall be unlawful for any person whose permit has been revoked to allow or permit any of the activities covered thereby on the premises until such permit is renewed.
(d) 
Compliance with article.
The issuance of a permit required by this section shall not give the holder thereof the right to violate any of the provisions of this article.
(e) 
Activities to be conducted inside building.
Each device or activity for which a permit is required by this section shall be played or conducted only inside of a building.
(1964 Code, secs. 16-3–16-7)
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any animal or bird which, by causing frequent or long-continued noise, disturbs the comfort and repose of any person of ordinary sensibilities in the immediate vicinity.
(1964 Code, sec. 16-8)
The creation of any excessive, unreasonable or unnecessary noise on any street adjacent to any school, institution of learning or court while the same is in session, or adjacent to any hospital or convalescent, old-age or rest home, which unreasonably interferes with the workings of such institution or may interfere with the comfort of patients within such institution, is hereby prohibited, if conspicuous signs or other evidence indicating the presence of such school, court, hospital or convalescent, old age or rest home are displayed, giving the public adequate notice of the presence of such institution.
(1964 Code, sec. 16-9)
The use of any drum, loudspeaker or other instrument or device for the purpose of attracting attention, by the creation of noises, such as speaking, music or hallooing, to any performance, show, theater, moving picture house, sale of merchandise, or display, which causes crowds of people to block or congregate upon the sidewalks or streets near or adjacent thereto is hereby prohibited.
(1964 Code, sec. 16-12)
The use of any stationary loudspeaker or amplifier or other musical instrument in such manner or with such volume, particularly between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., as to annoy and disturb persons of ordinary sensibilities in the immediate vicinity thereof is prohibited. The operation of such loudspeaker or amplifier or other musical instrument or device at any time on Sunday so as to disturb church services and congregations therein is likewise prohibited. Upon application by the user of such devices, the city council may, by resolution, make special exemption or exception to this section, for such time or times as the council feels will serve the public welfare.
(1964 Code, sec. 16-13)
(a) 
The use of any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle so out of repair, so loaded, or in such manner as to create loud or unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise is hereby prohibited.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle along or upon any public street or alley in the city which vehicle is loaded with iron or other material likely to produce a great or annoying sound, without using proper deadening substances to prevent annoying noises.
(1964 Code, sec. 16-14)
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle, motorcycle, motor scooter or other conveyance operated by a gasoline or diesel engine without a suitable muffler thereon in operation at all times, such muffler designed to prevent excessive or unusual noises. A “muffler,” within the meaning of this section, is defined to be a device through which the escaping gases of the motor of a motor vehicle, motor scooter, motorcycle or other conveyance operated by a gasoline or diesel engine pass, designed to muffle or minimize the noise to the greatest extent as produced by the operation of such motor.
(1964 Code, sec. 16-15)
The sounding of any horn or signal device on any automobile, motorcycle, railway engine or equipment or other vehicle while not in motion, except as a danger signal if another vehicle is approaching apparently out of control, or, if in motion, only as a danger signal after or as brakes are being applied and deceleration of the vehicle is intended, and the creation, by means of any such signal device, of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound, and the sounding of such device for any unnecessary and unreasonable period of time, are hereby declared to be loud, disturbing and unnecessary noises and the same are prohibited.
(1964 Code, sec. 16-19)
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating a zone of quiet, no person operating a motor vehicle within any such zone shall sound the horn or other warning device of such vehicle except in an emergency. The streets adjacent to and within three hundred (300) feet of any hospital building are hereby authorized as zones of quiet.
(1964 Code, sec. 16-20)
The sounding of any bell or gong attached to any building or premises which is reasonably calculated to disturb a person of ordinary disposition in the vicinity thereof is hereby prohibited.
(1964 Code, sec. 16-21)