Chapter 10.40
VEHICLE NOISE RESTRICTIONS
Sections:
10.40.010 Excessive noise by motor vehicles.
10.40.010 Excessive noise by motor vehicles.
A. For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
“Motor vehicle” includes but is not limited to automobiles, motorcycles, mopeds, trucks, and recreational vehicles.
“Public way” means any area over which the public has a right-of-way. By way of example and not of limitation, streets, alleys, and sidewalks are “public ways.”
B. No person shall allow a motor vehicle being operated upon a public way to emit a sound pressure level of more than eighty-five (85) dbA measured at a distance of fifty (50) feet, regardless of the source of the sound emitted from the vehicle. However, a vehicle may be allowed to emit a sound pressure level of no more than ninety (90) dbA measured at a distance of fifty (50) feet when accelerating from a full stop.
C. The exhaust system of any motor vehicle may be modified, provided that the system as modified includes baffles or other noise-suppressing devices.
(Prior code § 70.01)
10.40.020 Violation--Penalty.
Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of up to, but not in excess of, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) and costs.
(Prior code § 70.99)