HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1755ORDINANCE NO. 1755
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CPMC 8.04.080 PERTAINING TO
PERMITS FOR PUBLIC USE OF SOUND-AMPLIFYING DEVICES
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT, OREGON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Central Point Municipal Code Section 8.04.080 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
8.04.080 Unnecessary Noise. A. No person shall create,
assist in creating, permit, continue, or permit the continuance
of any loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise in the city.
B. The following acts are declared to be violations of this
section, but the enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive:
1. The keeping o£ any animal which by requent or loud
continued noise disturbs the comfort and repose of any person in
the vicinity;
2. The use of any vehicle or engine, stationary or
moving instrument, device or thing so out of repair or so loaded
or operated in such a manner as to create loud or unnecessary
grating, grinding, rattling or other noises;
3. The sounding of any horn or signal device on any
vehicle on any street or public place of the city, except as a
necessary warning of danager to property or person;
4. The use of any mechanical device operated by
compressed air, steam or otherwise, unless the noise created
thereby is effectively muffled;
5. The erection, including excavation, demolition,
alteration or repair of any building, other than between the
hours of seven a.m. and six p.m., except upon special permit
granted by (`~ ~ ^^^ ~ ..^~:,) czty Sta~~;
6. The^useTof^any gong or siren upon any vehicle other
than fire vehicle or other duly authorized emergency vehicle;
7. The operation of any gasoline engine without having
the same equipped with and using thereupon a muffler;
8. The use of a "muffler cutout" on any motor vehicle
upon any street;
9. The use or operation of any automatic or electric
piano, phonograph, radio, loudspeaker or any sound-amplifying
device so loudly as to disturb persons in the vicinity thereof or
in such manner as renders the same a public nuisance; provided
however, that upon application to (`~ ~~mm~~ ~~~~~~ ") citysta¢f'
permits may be granted to responsible persons or organizations to
broadcast programs of music, news, speeches, or general
entertainment, said (~~~_) sta~€ to be guided by all
considerations of weighing the u£lty of the use applied for
against the harm, if any, to other persons caused by such use;
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10. The conducting, operating or maintaining of any
garage within one hundred feet of any building used as a private
residence, apartment house, rooming house or hotel in such a
manner as to cause loud or offensive noises to be emitted
therefrom between the hours of eleven p.m. and seven a.m.
Section 2. An emergency is hereby declared to exist, and
this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage.
Passed by the Council and si ed by me in authentication of
its passage this _~_ day of 1996.
_.. _._. _
Mayor Rusty McGrath
ATTEST:
C~_ty R .ese tative
Approved by me this
~~ day of ~~t.z, 1996.
Mayor Rusty McGrath
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