OFFENSES-MISCELLANEOUS § 13-12
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<br /> (4) To yell, shout, holler, hoot, whistle or scream between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00
<br /> a.m. following, on any public street, alley, sidewalk or parking lot or on any
<br /> privately-owned street, alley, sidewalk or parking lot open to the public, except to
<br /> summon aid in an emergency.
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<br /> (5) To permit or allow any dog or other animal or any fowl to bark, screech, scream or
<br /> create noise in any residential district in the city between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and
<br /> 7:00 a.m. following.*
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<br /> (6) To emit, from any loudspeaker or sound amplification equipment located in or on any
<br /> open or closed vehicle, trailer, airplane, balloon, or boat any advertisement, commercial
<br /> message, music, speech, or noise which can be heard by the unaided human ear at a
<br /> distance greater than thirty (30) feet away from such vehicle, trailer, airplane, balloon
<br /> or boat.?
<br /> (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to the use of horns, sirens or whistles by police, fire,
<br />ambulance or rescue squad personnel, to bells, chimes, or music sounded or played by churches
<br />or synagogues, to sounds made by fairs, carnivals, circuses, expositions, festivals, sporting
<br />events, concerts, or parades, provided such fairs, carnivals, circuses, expOsitions, festivals,
<br />sporting events, concerts, or parades are held outdoors between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. in a
<br />public park or playground, on school grounds, or in a district zoned for such activity, and have
<br />all necessary permits and licenses from the city, to the use of two-way radio communication
<br />equipment or cellular or portable telephone equipment, or to the use of outside loudspeakers
<br />during the daylight hours by licensed auctioneers actually engaged in the sale of property.
<br />(Code 1971, § 11-27; Ord. of 4-13-82; Ord. No. 92-3, 4-28-92; Ord. No. 93-15, 9-28-93; Ord. No.
<br />94-8, 8-9-94; Ord. No. 96-4, 4-9-96; Ord. No. 97-15, 8-26-97)
<br />Charter reference--Authority of city to prevent unnecessary noise, Ch. 1, § 2(20).
<br />Cross references--Penalty for Class I misdemeanor, § 1-11; use of noise-making devices,
<br />by operators of vehicles used for sale of ice cream or related products, § 12-133; noise by
<br />solicitors, § 17-30(4).
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<br />Sec. 13-12. Disorderly conduct in public places.
<br /> A person is guilty of disorderly conduct and a Class i misdemeanor if, with the intent to
<br />cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he:
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<br /> (1) In any street, highway or public building, or while in or. on a public conveyance or in
<br /> a public place, engages in conduct having a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by
<br /> the person or persons at whom, individually, such conduct is directed; provided,
<br /> however, that such conduct shall not be deemed to include the utterance or display of
<br /> any words or to include conduct otherwise made punishable under this chapter; or
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<br /> (2) Wilfully, or being intoxicated, whether wilfully or not, disrupts any meeting of the city
<br /> council or any department, division or agency thereof, or of any school, literary society
<br /> or place of religious worship, if such disruption prevents or interferes with the orderly
<br /> *Cross reference--Further provisions as to barking or howling dogs,'§ 5-39.
<br /> ICross reference-Advertising generally, Ch. 3.
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