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<br />ORDINANCE NO. jQOe~ 517 :J- <br />PAGE 3 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Section 34-92. Maximum permissible sound levels <br /> <br />No person shall conduct, permit, or allow any activity or sound source to produce <br />a sound that is discernible beyond the property lines of the property on which the <br />sound is being received. And when measured, as provided in Section 34-96 of <br />this Chapter, exceeds the applicable Db(a) level listed below for the property on <br />which the sound is received. <br /> <br />A. Residential property - see chart below. <br /> <br />B. Nonresidential property - see chart below. <br /> <br /> <br />C. For Industrial property, see additional standards in Chapter 106-521. <br /> <br />The Db(A) levels set forth in this section apply to the property where the sound is <br />being received. Any sound that when measured at the property where the sound <br />is being received exceeds th~ Db(A) levels set forth in this section is a violation of <br />this chapter. Evidence that an activity or sound source produces a sound that <br />exceeds the Db(A) levels specified in this section, when measured at the site <br />where the sound is being produced, if available, shall be prima facie evidence of a <br />sound nuisance which unreasonably disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, <br />repose, health, peace or safety of others within the limits of the city in violation of <br />this Chapter. <br /> <br />Section 34-93. General prohibition <br /> <br />A. It shall be unlawful for any person to make, assist in making, continue, <br />cause to be made or continued or permit the continuance of any sound which <br />either exceeds the maximum permitted levels specified in Section 34-92, <br />otherwise unreasonably disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, <br />peace or safety of others within the limits of the city. <br /> <br />B. The acts enumerated in the following sections of this chapter, among <br />others, are declared to be sound nuisances which are unreasonably loud, irritating, <br />disturbing, or excessive sounds in violation of this chapter, but such enumeration <br />shall not be deemed to be exclusive. <br />