HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1252 ORDINANCE NO.' 1252
BEING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING UNNECESSARY NOISE AND ODORS
The City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
SECTION 1: An amendment to Section 8.203 of the Public Health
and Safety Ordinance adding the following:
8. 203 (8)
8. 203 (9)
UNNECESSARY NOISE OR ODORS GENERALLY: No person,
in any public or private place, shall make or
assist in making, by any manner or means, any loud,
unpleasant, or raucous noise or odor disturbing to
others, unless the same be reasonably necessary to
the preservation of life, health, safety or
property. This section (8.203(8)) is enforceable
twenty-four (24) hours a day.
OFFENSIVE USE OF SOUND AMPLIFYING EQUIPMENT: No
person shall use or maintain any sound-amplifying
equipment when the use or maintenance of such
equipment creates noise so loud and unnatural in
their time, place, use, or maintenance as to annoy,
injure, or endanger the safety, health, comfort, or
repose of any persons. This section (8.203(9)) is
enforceable twenty-four (24) hours a day.
s.2o3 (3.0)
NOISY ASSEMBLY:
Subdivision i Definition: The' terln "noisy
assembly" shall mean a gathering of
more than one person in a
residential area or building between
the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. that
produces noise that unreasonably
disturbs the peace, quiet, or repose
of a person or persons of ordinary
sensibility%
Subdivision 2
Prohibition: (a) No person shall
participate in, visit, or remain at
a gatheringknowing or having rea 0n
to know that the gathering is a
noisy .assembly, except persons who
have come to the gathering for the
sole purpose of abating the
disturbance.
(b) No person shall knowingly
permit real estate under such
person's care or control to.be used
for a noisily assembly. This
section (8.203(10)) is enforceable
during the hours stated.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after the date of its
passage and publication.
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Date of Passage:
September 28, 1992
October 12~ 1~92
October 12~ 1~2
Offered by:
Seconded by:
Roll Call:
Rue~timann
Pe~erson
All ayes
~o-Anne Student, Council Secretary
Murz~, Mayor