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§ 13-9 MARTINSVILLE CODE
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<br />Sec. 13-9. Abusive language.
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<br /> If any person shall, in the presence or hearing of another~ curse or abuse such other
<br />person, or use any violent abusive language to such person concerning himself or any of his
<br />relations, or otherwise use such language under circumstances reasonably calculated to
<br />provoke a breach of the peace, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
<br />(Code 1971, § 11-1)
<br /> Cross reference-Penalty for Class 3 misdemeanor, § 1-11.
<br /> State law reference~Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-416.
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<br />Sec. 13-10. Disturbing the peace generally.
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<br /> It shall be unlawful and a Class I misdemeanor for any person to disturb the peace of
<br />others by violent, tumultuous and obstreperous conduct' or by threatening, challenging to
<br />fight, assaulting, fighting, or striking another.
<br /> Cross reference--Penalty for Class i misdemeanor, § 1-11.
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<br />Sec. 13-11. Excessive, unnecessary, etc., noise.
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<br />(1)
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<br />It shall be unlawful and a Class 1 ~misdemeanor for any person:
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<br />To operate, install, have, maintain or permit, 'on the outside of any store, shop,
<br />business establishment, Warehouse or other commercial building in the city, any
<br />loudspeaker or other sound-producing or reproducing device capable of emitting
<br />music, noise, sounds, tones or the human voice in such manner that the same can be
<br />heard on any public sidewalk or public street, except for ~outside intercoms, paging
<br />speakers, bells or buzzers signaling the ringing of a telephone, fire, smoke or burglar
<br />alarms, or a whistle, bell or buzzer signaling the time to begin or stop work or school,
<br />which are only used intermittently for the transmission of the human voice for
<br />announcing, summonsing or paging an individual person or for the signaling of the
<br />ringing of a telephone, the danger of a fire or a burglary or the beginning or stopping
<br />of work or school.
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<br />(2)
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<br />To use, operate or play, in the city, any radio, television, record or tape player,
<br />phonograph, musical instrument, loudspeaker, sound amplifier or other machine or
<br />device capable of producing or reproducing sound, which can be heard inside the
<br />confines of an individual dwelling unit, house or apartment of another person. Upon
<br />complaint being made to any police officer that the provisions of this section are being
<br />violated, such police officer may, after investigation, give notice of such complaint to
<br />the owner or person in charge of such residence and order the discontinuance of the
<br />disturbance: Any person failing to comply with such order shall be guilty of a Class 1
<br />misdemeanor.
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<br />(3)
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<br />To operate or use, or permit the operation or use of, power lawn mowers, chain' saws,
<br />power hedge clippers, garden tractors or tillers, leaf mulchers or blowers, SnoWblow-
<br />ers or like outdoor power equipment in any residential district 'in the city between the
<br />hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. following.
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<br />Supp. No. 39 792.2
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