Chapter 10.40
VEHICLE NOISE RESTRICTIONS

Sections:

10.40.010    Excessive noise by motor vehicles.

10.40.020    Violation--Penalty.

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)