§ 3-17-44. Specific prohibitions.

In addition to the general prohibitions set out above, the following specific acts are declared to be in violation of this article:

(1)

Horns, signaling devices. The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any motor vehicle or any street or public place in the county continuously and/or incessantly for a period in excess of sixty (60) seconds, except as a danger warning.

(2)

Radios, televisions, loudspeakers, musical instruments and similar amplified devices. The operating or playing of any radio, musical instrument or similar device which produces or reproduces sound on the public rights-of-way in such a manner as to be plainly audible to any person other than the operator of the device.

(3)

Street sales. The offering for sale by shouting or outcry within any residential, commercial or noise-sensitive area except by permit issued by the county.

(4)

Animals. The owning, possessing or harboring of any animal which frequently, or for continued duration, howls, barks, meows, squawks or makes other sounds which annoy or disturb an ordinary reasonable person of normal sensitivities across a residential or commercial boundary line or within a noise-sensitive area. For the purpose of this article, "barking dog" shall mean a dog that barks, bays, cries, howls or makes any other noise continuously and/or incessantly for a period of fifteen (15) minutes, or barks intermittently for one-half (½) hour or more to the disturbance of any person at any time of day or night, regardless of whether the dog is physically situated in or upon private property; provided, however, that a dog shall not be deemed a "barking dog" if, at the time the dog is barking making any other noise, a person is trespassing or threatening to trespass upon property in or upon which the dog is situated.

(5)

Emergency signaling devices.

a.

Except in a case of an emergency, the intentional sounding of any alarm between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.

b.

The testing of any alarm for a period in excess of sixty (60) seconds at any time.

(c)

The testing of a complete emergency signaling system, including the signaling device and the personnel response to the signaling device, more than once in each calendar month, and the sounding of said emergency signaling system for a period in excess of fifteen (15) minutes.

(Ord. No. 00-08, § 1, 8-1-2000)