1. For receiving properties within a Class A Environmental Designation for Noise Abatement (EDNA), noise from the recurrent or continuous use or operation of stationary equipment or appliances shall comply with the permissible noise levels in Section 6.36.030. This subsection applies whether the noise is generated within or outside a Class A EDNA if the receiving property is within a Class A EDNA. Commercial equipment, including emergency generators, shall comply with this subsection. Measures shall be taken to reduce noise, such as relocating, enclosing or screening the noise source, limiting the hours of operation, or other similar measures.

2. This subsection shall not apply to nonresidential emergency generators that existed on or before December 24, 1998. New or replacement nonresidential emergency generators shall comply with this subsection.

3. This subsection shall not apply to sounds listed in 6.36.050, Exceptions, or any sound that is less than a 55 dBA noise level between 7:01 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. or 45 dBA noise level between 10:01 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. This subsection also shall not apply to manufacturing or industrial uses that existed on or before December 24, 1998.

1. The use of any fixed or mobile device or loudspeaker outside a building for commercial advertising purposes or for the purposes of attracting attention to any performance, show, or sale or display of merchandise, where the sound may be heard from any public street, park, or public place. Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit incidental sounds emanating from a sports, entertainment, or public event or ice cream vending vehicles.

2. The sale of anything by outcry within an area of the City zoned primarily for residential uses.

3. The owning or keeping of any animal which causes a noise disturbance by frequent or habitual howling, barking, or other noise making. This section also applies to all private or public facilities, including any animal pounds and kennels that hold or treat animals.

4. The repair, modification or testing of any motor vehicle, off-road motor vehicle, motorized watercraft in or near a residential use district in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance or violate the provisions of this chapter.

5. The operation of any loudspeaker or other source of sound in a place of indoor public entertainment which exceeds 85 dBA at any point normally occupied by a person, without a conspicuous and legible sign located outside near the entrance which states:

Warning!

Sound Level Inside May Cause Permanent Hearing Impairment

6. The creation of unnecessary or unusually loud noises within the vicinity of a school, hospital, nursing home, court of law, or other areas where quiet is necessary to achieve the objective of this chapter. (Ord. 2590 § 2 (part), 2011).