Ordinances-2012-318

CITY OF TIFFIN ORDINANCE NO. 2012-318 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA, BY AMENDING PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO NOISE CONTROL BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Tiffin, Iowa: Section 1. CHAPTER MODIFIED: Chapter 48 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Tiffin, Iowa, is repealed and the following is adopted in lieu thereof: CHAPTER 48 NOISE CONTROL 48.01 Scope of Regulations 48.02 Definitions 48.03 Noise Disturbance Prohibited 48.04 Excluded Sounds 48.05 Sound Equipment Permit 48.06 Other Laws and Ordinances 48.01 SCOPE OF REGULATIONS. This chapter applies to the control of noise in areas zoned commercial or residential originating within the limits of the City, except in the following cases: (a) a State or Federal agency has adopted a different standard or rule than that prescribed within this chapter which preempts the regulation of noise from a particular source so as to render this chapter inapplicable, or (b) the Council has determined that, by reason of public acceptance of the activity producing a particular noise or noises, such noise is deemed acceptable to the residents of the City. 48.02 DEFINITIONS. Unless otherwise expressly stated or the context clearly indicates a different intention, the following terms have the following meanings. Definitions of technical terms used in this chapter which are not herein defined shall be obtained from publications of acoustical terminology issued by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI): 1. "Application" means the application discussed in Section 48.05 of this chapter. 2. "Emergency" means any occurrence or set of circumstances involving actual or imminent physical or psychological trauma or property damage which demands immediate action. 3. "Emergency work" means any work performed for the purpose of alleviating or resolving an emergency. 4. "Noise" means any sound which disturbs humans or which causes or tends to cause an adverse psychological or physiological effect on humans. 5. "Noise disturbance" means those sounds defined as "noise disturbances" in Section 48.03 of this chapter which have not otherwise been excepted and excluded under any of Sections 48.01(b), 48.04 or 48.05 of this chapter. 6. "Public right-of-way" means the traveled portion of any street or alley or similar place which is owned or controlled by the City or other governmental entity.