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Part 72
72.000 NOISE CONTROL* Ord. No. 24 Adopted: April 2, 1973
---------- *Cross reference(s)--Penalty for ordinance violation, Pt. 1; recreational facilities, Pt. 10; excessive noise at car washes and laundromats, § 11.002; transient merchants, Pt. 12; Uniform Traffic Code adoption, Pt. 30; conduct of individuals, Pt. 50; conduct in City parks, Pt. 51; animal treatment and control, Pt. 60; animal restrictions, Pt. 61; building construction permits, Pt. 110; noise control at swimming pools, § 111.004. ----------
An ordinance prohibiting unreasonable noise.
THE CITY OF READING ORDAINS THAT:
72.001 Unreasonable noise prohibited; exception.
Sec. 1.
(A) Prohibitions. Each of the following acts creating noise
is declared unlawful and prohibited, but this
enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive,
namely:
(1) Animal and bird noises. The keeping of any animal
or bird which, by causing frequent or long
continued noise, shall disturb the comfort or
repose of any person.
(2) Construction noises. The erection, including
excavating therefor, demolition, alteration, or
repair of any building, and the excavation of
streets and highways on Sundays and other days,
except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m., unless a permit therefor is first obtained
from the City Council or their appointed
representative.
(3) Devices to attract attention. Use of any drum,
loudspeaker, amplifier, or other instrument or
device for the purpose of attracting attention for
any purpose.
(4) Engine exhausts. The discharge into the open air
of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary
internal combustion engine, or motor vehicle
except through a muffler or other device which
effectively prevents loud or explosive noises
therefrom.
(5) Handling merchandise. The creation of a loud and
excessive noise in connection with loading, or
unloading any vehicle or the opening and
destruction of bales, boxes, crates and
containers.
(6) Hawking. The hawking of goods, merchandise, or
newspapers in a loud and boisterous manner.
(7) Horns and signal devices. The sounding of any horn
or signal device on any automobile, motorcycle,
bus, or other vehicle while not in motion, except
as a danger signal if another vehicle is
approaching apparently out of control, or to give
warning of intent to get under motion, or if in
motion, only as a danger signal after or as brakes
are being applied and deceleration of the vehicle
is intended; the creation by means of any such
signal device of any unreasonably loud or harsh
sound; and the sounding of such device for an
unnecessary and unreasonable period of time.
(8) Radio and musical instruments. The playing of any
radio, phonograph, or any musical instrument in
such a manner or with such volume, particularly
during the hours between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.,
or at any time or place, so as to annoy or disturb
the quiet, comfort, or repose of persons in any
office or in any dwelling, hotel, or other type of
residence, or of any persons in the vicinity.
(9) Shouting and whistling. Yelling, shouting,
hooting, whistling, or singing or the making of
any other loud noise on the public street, between
the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or the
making of any such noise at any time so as to
annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of
persons in any school, place of worship, or
office, or in any dwelling, hotel, or other type
of residence, or of any person in the vicinity.
(10) Whistle or siren. The blowing of any whistle or
siren, except to give notice of the time to begin
or stop work or as a warning of fire or danger.
(B) Exceptions. None of the terms of prohibitions of
subsection (A) shall apply to or be enforced against:
(1) Emergency vehicles. Any police or fire vehicle or
any ambulance, while engaged upon emergency
business.
(2) Highway maintenance and construction. Excavations
or repairs of bridges, streets, or highways by or
on behalf of the City or the state during the
night when the public safety, welfare, and
convenience renders it impossible to perform such
work during the day.
(3) Public addresses. The reasonable use of stationary
amplifiers or loudspeakers in the course of public
addresses which are noncommercial in character.
Effective date. This Ordinance to take effect 10 days after adoption by the City Council.
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