8.01A.050 Specific noise restrictions.
A. Bells and Clocks. No person shall sound, operate, or permit the sounding or operation of an electronically amplified signal from any bell, chime or clock between the hours of ten p.m. and seven a.m. for longer than five minutes in any one hour so as to cause a noise nuisance.
B. Fixed Sirens, Whistles, and Horns. No person shall sound, nor shall any person cause, allow, permit, or fail to control the sounding of, any whistle, horn, or siren used as a signal for commencing or suspending work, or for any other purpose so as to cause a noise nuisance, except when used as a signal of an emergency or imminent danger.
C. Hawkers and Peddlers. No person shall offer for sale, distribute, solicit, or sell anything by shouting or outcry within three hundred feet of a Type A or Type B property use. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the selling by shouting or outcry of merchandise, food, and beverages at licensed sporting events, parades, fairs, circuses, and other similar public entertainment events.
D. Motor Vehicles.
1. Horns and Other Signaling Devices. No person shall sound any horn or audible signaling device on any motor vehicle, except to prevent or avoid an accident. Any advertisement or solicitation which encourages or requests a person to honk their horn in violation of this chapter is expressly prohibited.
2. Motorsports. No person shall allow or conduct any sponsored or sanctioned motorsport activities in such a manner that emits a sound pressure level which exceeds the maximum allowable sound pressure levels set forth in Table 1 at the end of this chapter when measured at a Type A or Type B property use.
3. Standing Motor Vehicles. No person shall operate, nor shall any person cause, allow, permit, or fail to control the operation of, any motor vehicle to remain in an idling mode or condition for:
a. A consecutive period of five minutes or longer;
b. Any period of time while the vehicle is left unattended; or
c. So as to cause a noise nuisance. (Ord. 2012-16 § 1 (part))