(1) Excessive noise is a form of pollution which has direct and harmful effects upon the health and welfare of persons exposed to such sounds, lowers the value of impacted properties and generally adversely affects the liveability, peace and comfort of the impacted neighborhoods and the city as a whole.

(2) Due primarily to the sound characteristics and manner of use, excessive noise from portable and motor vehicle audio equipment such as tape players, radios and compact disc players is a particularly disruptive form of noise pollution involving said harmful effects and impacts upon persons, property, neighborhoods and occurring in or near vehicular traffic, such noise presents a danger to traffic safety.

(3) Excessive noise from said audio equipment occurring within the city park system has a harmful impact upon the use and enjoyment of park areas by other park users, has the effect of discouraging many from utilizing certain park areas and has caused said noise pollution harmful effects upon adjacent private properties, persons and neighborhoods.

(4) Noise from said audio equipment which can be clearly heard from 75 feet or more from the source of the sound is in excess of the maximum permissible sound level allowed to be generated or received in either residential or commercial areas of the city, involves excessive noise impacts, creates noise pollution within such area; and, when occurring in or near vehicular traffic, presents a danger to traffic safety.

(5) Technology has allowed the proliferation of commercially accessible types of audio equipment, both portable and installed in motor vehicles, which can be amplified so as to produce excessive noise which can be clearly heard 75 feet or more from the source of the sound.

(6) The city council finds that excessive noise being generated from such equipment is a public nuisance and constitutes a public disturbance noise. (Ord. 459 § 1, 2012; Ord. 375 § 1, 2006)