(a) 
This article applies to the use or operation of an auxiliary or compression engine brake (also known as “Jake” brake) which produces any noise in addition to the normal operating engine noise is prohibited within the city limits. This provision is not intended to prohibit the passage of vehicles equipped with engine brakes or “Jake brakes” within the city limits but rather to prohibit the use of such equipment within the city limits.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any driver of a truck or truck-tractor to activate or use the unit’s engine brake within the city limits except in an emergency situation.
(c) 
The term “emergency situation,” for the purposes of this article, shall mean one in which there is imminent danger of collision with property, persons, or animals.
(Ordinance 337SM adopted 10/11/16)
Any person, or persons, violating or failing to comply with any provision of this article shall be fined, upon conviction, not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), for each offense.
(Ordinance 337SM adopted 10/11/16)