Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE AND WELFARE
Chapter 9.12 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE AND DECENCY
9.12.050 Definitions.
As used in this article:
“Noise-sensitive unit” means any
building or portion thereof, vehicle, boat or other structure adapted or used
for the overnight accommodation of person.
“Person” means an
individual, corporation, association, partnership or any other legally
recognized public or private entity.
“Plainly audible sound”
means:
1. Any amplification or reproduction of the human voice sufficiently
loud to be understood by a person with normal hearing;
2. Any musical sound
sufficiently loud to permit the melody or rhythm to be recognized by a person
with normal hearing; or
3. Any other sound sufficiently loud to materially
affect the ability of a person with normal hearing to understand a verbal
communication made in a normal conversational voice from a distance of ten (10)
feet or less.
“Sound-producing device” means
any:
1. Loudspeaker or public address system;
2. Radio, tape recorder or
tape player, phonograph, television set or stereo system;
3. Musical
instrument, amplified or unamplified;
4. Siren or bell;
5. Vehicle
engine or exhaust, when the vehicle is not on the public
right-of-way;
6. Vehicle tire;
7. Domestic tool, including electric
drills, chain saws, lawn mowers, electric saws, hammers, and similar
tools;
8. Heat pump, air conditioning unit or refrigeration
unit;
9. Animals;
10. Tools and equipment commonly used in construction
including hammers, saws, pile drivers, earth-moving equipment, compressors and
similar equipment, but only between the hours of ten p.m. and seven a.m. (Prior
code § 5.405)
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