HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2212 ORDINANCE NO. 2212
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AZUSA AMENDING SECTION 8. 58. 040 AND 8. 58.060
RELATING TO EMERGENCY WORK EXEMPTIONS FROM THE
PROVISIONS OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS :
SECTION 1 . Section 8. 58.040 of the Azusa Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
8. 58.040 SOURCES OF NOISE.
(a) Motor Vehicles. No person within the
City shall make, continue or cause to be made or
continue any loud, unnecessary, or unusual noise; nor
shall any person race the motor of any motor vehicle,
needlessly bring to a sudden start or stop any
motor vehicle, or operate any motor vehicle ( including
any motorcycle, trail bike, dune buggy, motor scooter
or jeep) or the motor thereof on any place other
than a highway so as to disturb the peace or quiet
of any neighborhood or person by noise, dust, smoke,
or fumes caused by such motor vehicle, nor shall
any person make any noise which either annoys,
disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose,
health, peace or safety of others.
(b) Equipment and Machinery. No person shall
use, operate, or permit to be used or operated
within or near any residential zone any power tool,
machine, or equipment, or any other tool , machine, or
equipment, between the hours of 10: 00 p.m. and 7: 00
a.m. , in such a manner that the sounds therefrom
disturb or interfere with the peace, comfort, or
welfare of the neighboring inhabitants, except for
emergency work.
(c ) Radios, Phonographs, Musical Instruments,
Electronic Devices. No person shall
use or operate, or permit to be played, used, or
operated, when under his control or direction, any
radio, receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph,
or other machine or device for the producing or
reproducing of sound in such a manner as to disturb
the peace, quiet, and comfort of the neighboring
inhabitants or at any time with louder volume than is
necessary for convenient hearing for the persons who
are in the room, vehicle, or chamber in which such
machine or device is operated and who are voluntary
listeners thereto.
(d) No person shall use or operate, or permit
to be used, operated or played while under his
control any radio, receiving set, musical instrument,
phonograph, or other machine or device for the
producing or reproducing of sound between the hours
of 10: 00 p.m. and 7 :00 a.m. , in such a manner that
the sound therefrom is plainly audible at a distance
of fifty ( 50 ) feet from the building, structure, or
vehicle in which it is located.
(e ) Loudspeakers and Amplifiers for Advertising.
No person shall use or operate, or permit to be
played, used or operated , while under his control any
radio, receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph,
loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or other machine or
device for the producing or reproducing of sound
which is cast upon the public streets for the purposes
of commercial advertising or attracting the attention
of the public to any building or structure.
(f ) Public Address Systems. No person shall
install, maintain or operate any outdoor paging
system or public address system which (a ) is capable
of producing a sound level of five ( 5) decibels
"A" scale (dBA) above the ambient sound level at
the property line of the adjacent property, (b )
is operated between the hours of 9: 00 p.m. and 8: 00
a.m. , and (c ) is used in a manner as to create a
sound upon any residential property at any time,
which sound is of such tone or volume as to be
annoying or disturbing to persons of normal sensi-
bility upon any residential property.
(g ) Animals and Birds. No person shall keep,
maintain, or permit upon any lot or parcel of land
under his control any dog, animal , or fowl which
by any sound, bark or cry disturbs the peace or
comfort of the neighboring inhabitants or interferes
with any person for the reasonable and comfortable
enjoyment of life and property.
(h) Construction. It shall be unlawful for
any person within a residential zone, or within a
radius of five hundred ( 500) feet therefrom to
operate equipment or perform any outside construction
or repair work on building, structures or projects or
to operate any pile driver, power shovel, pneumatic
hammer, derrick, power hoist, or any other construc-
tion type device between the hours of 10: 00 p.m. and
7: 00 a.m. , except for emergency work.
SECTION 2. Section 8. 58. 060 of the Azusa Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows :
8. 58. 060 EXEMPTIONS. The standards established
in this Chapter shall not apply to any of the follow-
ing noise sources:
(a) Lawfully conducted parades.
(b) Bells, chimes, or carillons while being
used in conjunction with religious or patriotic
services.
(c ) System to warn the community of attack
or imminent public danger.
(d) All authorized school activities being
conducted upon school or public property.
(e ) Any activity to the extent preempted from
regulation by State or Federal law.
(f ) Emergency work.
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SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this21st day of February ,
1984.
&rya, 514.041,1.4*
MAYOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA
I, ADOLPH SOLIS, City Clerk of the City of Azusa,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2212 was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at
a regular meeting of the City Council on the 6th day of
February, 198 , by the following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: CRUZ, COOK, CAMARENA, LATTA, HOSES
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS : NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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ADOLPH A. SOLIS
CITY CLERK
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Publish Azusa Herald: 2/29/84
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