HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 239 (1963)nl6
ORDINANCE NO. 259
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 15-7
OF THE TUSTIN CITY CODE.
The City Council of the City of Tustin, Calif-
ornia, does ordain as follows:
'That section 15-? of the Tustin City Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
.. Noises and ThinKs Prohibited
Section 15-~... ·
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue,
cause, or allow to be made or lcontinued, any loud, unnecess~Fy,
or unusual noise or any noise which annoys, disturbs, injures,
or enda~ers, the comfort, repose, health,'peace, or safety.
of others within the limits of the City and the following
acts and things, among others, a~e declared to be loud,
disturbing, injurious, and unnecessary noises in violation
of this Part but said enumeration shall not be neemed to
be exclusive, namely:
(a) Horns, Signaling Devices, etc.... The sound-
ing of any horn or signaling device on any automobile,
motorcycle, street car or other vechicle on any street or
public place of the City, except as a ~danger warning; the
creation by means of any such .signaling device of any
unreasonably ~oud
such device for an unnecessary and unreasonable period of
time. IThe use of any signaling device except one operated
by hand or electricity; the use of any' hor~ whistle or
other device operated by engine exhaust; and the use of
any such signaling device when traffic is for. any reason held
up.
(b) t{adios, Phonographs, etc. The using,
operating, or permitting to be played, used or operated
any radio receiving set, television set, musical instrument,
phonograph, juke box, or other machine or device for the
producing or reproducing of sound in such manner as to
distrub the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring
inhabitants or at any time with louder volume than is
necessary for convenient hearing for the person or persons
who are in ~ ~ '~ ~!~~l~,Qy~.~~~
machine or i!'':~ <;~!i
ment, phonS~aF~Z~'~:~t~ine or device between th~ ~o~s of
eleven o'clock P. M~!~z~nd seven o'clock A. M. ~ such
it is located shall~i]~ pri~a facie evidence of~t violation
of this section.
(c) L~ Speakers, AmOlifiers fc~Advertising~
The using, operatin~ or permitting to be playe~ used, or
any ra~
operated of receiving set, musical i;trument,
phonog~a~b,z~loudspe~ u
or device for the'n~, i f
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is cast upon the public streets for the purpose
of c. ommercial advertising or attracting the
attention of the public to any building or
structure.
(d) Yelling, Shouting, etc. Yelling, shouting,
hooting, whistling, or singing on the public streets,
particularly between the hours of 10:00 P. M. and
8:00 A. M. or at any time or place so as to annoy
or distrub the quiet, comfort, or repose of persons
in any office, or in any dwelling, hotel or other
type of residence, or any persons in the vicinity.
(e) Animals. Birds,. etc. The keeping of any
animal or bird which by causing frequent or long
continued noise shall disturb the comfort or repose
of any persons in the vicinity.
(f) Steam Whistles. The blowing of any locomotive
steam whistle or steam whistle attached to any
stationary boiler except to give notice of the time
to begin or stop work or as a warning of fire or
danger, or upon request of proper City authorities.
(g) Exhausts. The discharge into the open air of
the exhaust of any steam engine, internal combustion
engine stationary orl, mounted on wheels to run on
rails or otherwise, motor boat,.or. motor vehicle
except through a muffler or. other device which
will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises
therefrom.
(h) Defect in Vehicle or Load. The use of any
automobile, motorcycle, or ~ehicle so out of repair,
so loaded or in such manner as to create loud and
unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other
noise.
(i) Loading, Unloading, Openin~ Boxes. The creation
of a loud and excessive noise in connection with loading
or unloading any vehicle or the opening and destruction
of bales, boxes, crates and containers.
(j) COnstruction or Repairing of Buildings. The
erection (including excavating), demolition, alteration
or repair of any building other than between the hours
of 8 A. M. and 6 P. M. on week days, except in case
of urgent necessity in the interest of public health
and safety, and then only with a permit from the
Building Inspector, which permit may be granted for
a period not to exceed three (3) days or'less while the
emergency continues and which permit may be renewed
for periods of three days or less while the emergency
continues. If the Building Inspector should determine
that the public health and safety will not be impaired
by the erection, demolition, alteration or repair
of any building or the excavation of streets and highways
within the hours of 6 P. M. and 8 A. M. and if he shall
further determine that loss or inconvenience would
result to any party in interest, he may grant permission
for such work to be done within the hours of 6 P. M. and
8 A. M. upon application being made at the time the
permit for the work is awarded or during the progress
of the work.
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(k) S~chools, Courts, C. hMrc~es,. Hospitals. The creation
of any excessive noise on any street adjacent to' any
school institution of learning, church or.Court while
the sameare in use, or adjacent to any hospital, which
unreasonably interferes with the workings of any such
institution, Or which disturbs or unduly annoys patients
in the hospital, provided conspicuous signs are displayed
in such~streets indicating that the same is a school,
hospital or court street.
(I) Hawkers. Peddlers.TM The shouting and crying of peddlers,
hawkers and vendors which disturbs.the peace and quiet
of the neighborhood.
(m) Drums . The use of any drum or other instrument or
device for the purpose of attracting attention by creation
of noise to any performance, show or sale.
(n) Metal liails,.Pillars. and Columns, Transportation
thereof. The transportation of rails, pillars or columns
of iron, steel or other material, over and along streets
and other public places upon carts, drays, cars, trucks,
or in any other manner so loaded as to cause loud noises
or as to disturb the peace and quiet of such streets or
other public places.
(0) Pile....privers, Hammers, etc~. The operation between
the hours Of l0 P. M..and 8 A. M. of any pile driver,
steam or gasoline shovel, pnewmatic hammer, derrick, steam
or electric hoist or other appliance, the use of which is
artended by loud or unusual noise.
(p) Blowers. The operation of any noise-creating blower
power fan or any internal combustion engine, the operation
of which causes noise due to the ~plosion of operating
gases or fluids, unless the noise from such blower or fan
is muffled and such engine is equipped with a~muffler
device, sufficient to deaden such noise.
(Q) The use of any electriCally-operated compressor,
fan, or other device between the hours of l0 P. M. and
8 A. M. in such a manner as to produce noise or vibration
so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose
of persons in the area or neighborhood.
(r) The operation of any pump, apparatus, machine,
machinery, motor, engine or device so as to produce any
noise or vibration so as to annoy or distrub the quiet,
comfort, or repose of persons in the area or neighborhood.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a special meeting of the City
Council of the City of Tustin, held on the 23rd day of
September, 1963.
~ MAYOR
ATTEST:
ITY CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFOiiNIA )
COUNTY OF OP~ANGE )SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
RUTH C. POE, City Clerk and ex-
officio Clerk of ~the City Council of the City of
Tustin hereby certifies that 'the number of the
members of the :City Council is five; that .the
foregoing ordinance was duly introduced and
read at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 16th day of September, 1963, and
was given its second reading and duly passed
and adopted at a Special meeting of the City
Council held on the 23rd day of September,
1963, by the following votes:
AYES: COUNCILMEN Doney, Shjridan, Humeaton, Mack,
Klingelhofer
NOES: COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN None
CITY CLERK