A.
No person
at or near a fire shall obstruct or impede fighting of the fire, interfere
with Fire Department personnel or Fire Department apparatus, behave
in a disorderly manner or refuse to observe promptly any order of
a member of the Fire or Police Department.
B.
For
purposes of this section, members of the Fire Department are endowed
with the same powers of arrest as are conferred on peace officers
for violations of City ordinances.
(Ord. 851-A § 2, 1989)
No person shall drink or consume an alcoholic beverage in or
on a street, alley, mall, parking lot or structure, motor vehicle,
public grounds or other public place unless the place has been licensed
for that purpose by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Consumption
of an alcoholic beverage is permitted in a park if reviewed and approved
by the Chief of Police or designee prior to any consumption.
(Ord. 851-A § 3, 1989; Ord. 1178-A § 1, 2013)
No person shall create or assist in creating or permit the continuance
of unreasonable noise in the City. The following enumeration of violations
of this section is not exclusive but is illustrative of some unreasonable
noises.
A.
Keeping
an animal that, by loud and frequent continued noise, disturbs the
comfort and repose of a person in the vicinity.
B.
Using
an engine, thing or device that is so loaded, out of repair or operated
in such a manner as to create a loud or unnecessary grating, grinding,
rattling or other noise.
C.
Using
a mechanical device operated by compressed air, steam or otherwise,
unless the noise created by it is effectively muffled.
D.
Construction,
excavation, demolition, alteration or repair of a building or infrastructure,
including streets, embankments, sewer and water lines, between the
hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. that is loud enough to disturb persons
in its vicinity or in a manner that makes it a public nuisance. However,
in the case of an emergency repair, the City Manager may grant permission
to make emergency repairs after hours for a period of 72 hours, in
order to assist public safety, maintain public services, or reduce
loss to property or life safety. Any scheduled repairs that require
work to be done between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. shall
be brought to the City Commission for approval.
E.
Using
or operating a sound-amplifying device so loudly that it disturbs
persons in its vicinity, or in a manner that makes it a public nuisance.
However, on application to the City Commission, permits may be granted
to broadcast music, news, speeches or general entertainment.
(Ord. 851-A § 4, 1989; Ord. 1271, 3/12/2024)
