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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