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TOTAL VEHICLE NOISE Any noise radiating from a vehicle except for vehicle noises exempted by this chapter.

TRASH AND RUBBISH Any and all forms of debris not herein otherwise classified.

VACANT BLIGHTED STRUCTURES Any structure located within the City of Kalamazoo which is vacant and blighted, as defined in this chapter, for more than 30 days, and to which two or more of the following criteria applies: A. Is open to casual entry; B. Has one or more windows boarded; C. Has had any utilities required for occupancy disconnected; D. Is under notice for being in violation of Chapters 9 and/or 17 of the City Code of Ordinances; or E. Because of disrepair or lack of maintenance, is in a condition that makes it reasonably apparent to the public that the structure is in fact unoccupied.

WEEDS Considered as any type of vegetation which is not customarily planted or transplanted or commercially sold for use in gardens or for landscaping.

A. The following are declared to be public nuisances, and it shall be unlawful for any person owning, occupying or in control of any personal property, lot or land, either public or private, to allow, maintain or permit a nuisance: (1) Noxious weeds of any height. Any other weeds or grasses which have attained a height of eight inches or more; unless said vegetation is maintained as part of a garden/landscaped area. (a) This subsection shall not apply to any parcel larger than one acre if, for the first 25 feet from any adjacent property or roadway, the parcel otherwise complies with this section. (b) This subsection shall not apply to any place designated as a park, preserve or open space by the City. (2) Any trash, garbage, rubbish, debris, waste or sim...

A. If a condition in violation of article is not removed or corrected within 10 days after mailing or giving personal notice pursuant to § 21-3B , the City Manager or his or her duly authorized representative is authorized to arrange and pay for the removal of or correcting of such condition, either by a department of the City or by other, and immediately bill the expense thereof to the owner of record. For such purpose, the City Manager or his or her duly authorized representative is hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon the premises of any such public or private land within the City at reasonable times and under reasonable conditions to accomplish the appropriate corrective action. The abatement may include, but is not limited to, mowing and rak...

A. In addition to the penalty imposed for a violation of this chapter, the operation or maintenance of any noise, property, graffiti, dust, vegetation, trash, rubbish, junk, party, and/or automobile which causes discomfort or annoyance to reasonable persons of normal sensitiveness or which endangers the comfort, repose, health, or peace of residents in the area shall be deemed and is declared to be a nuisance and may be subject to abatement summarily by a restraining order or injunction issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. B. The City Manager or his or her duly authorized representative shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and make investigations of complaints of its violation. For such purpose, the City Manager or his or her duly authoriz...

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made or continued any excessive or unusually loud noise or any noise, measured or unmeasured, which either disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of any person within the limits of the City. B. The acts enumerated in the following sections of this chapter are declared to be loud, disturbing noises in violation of this chapter, but such enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive.

A. Generally. Any noise in excess of the maximum decibel limits according to the regulations set out in this section shall be deemed to be prima facie evidence of a violation of § 21- 6. B. Noise from private property. (1) The maximum decibel limits on noise originating from private property shall be as set forth in the following table. Noise will be measured at the boundaries of the lot. To be in violation, the source or sources of noise must be identifiable in relation to the ambience, and must exceed the limitations established for the zoning districts and times listed below: Zones dB(A) Maximum Limitations 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Residential/Special Purpose 50 dB(A) 45 dB(A) Commercial 55 dB(A) 50 dB(A) Manufacturing 75 dB(A) 7...

No person shall use, operate or permit to be played any radio receiving set, musical instrument, television set, phonograph or other machine or device for the production or reproduction of sound in such manner as to disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any person. The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device in such a manner as to be in violation of § 21-6 shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.

The installing, using or operating, within the City, of a loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment, for commercial purposes, in such a manner as to disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any person is prohibited. The operation of any such equipment or device in such a manner as to be in violation of § 21-6 shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.

No sound truck or other vehicle equipped with amplifier or loudspeaker shall be driven upon any street for the purpose of selling, offering for sale or advertising in any fashion before 9:00 a.m. and after 9:00 p.m.

The selling of anything by outcry within any area of the City zoned primarily for residential uses is prohibited before 9:00 a.m. and after 8:00 p.m.

No person shall use any drum, bell, buzzer or other instrument or device for the purpose of attracting attention, by the creation of noise, to any performance, show, auction or other sale, or for any other commercial purpose before 9:00 a.m. and after 8:00 p.m.

The loading, unloading, opening or otherwise handling of boxes, crates, containers, garbage containers or other objects, in such a manner as to disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any person, before 6:00 a.m. and after 8:00 p.m. is prohibited.

The repairing, rebuilding or testing of any truck, automobile, motorcycle or other motor vehicle within a residential zone of the City, in such a manner as to disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any person, is prohibited.

The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any truck, automobile, motorcycle or other motor vehicle on any street or public place of the City, except as a warning signal as provided in the Michigan Vehicle Code, is prohibited.