HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 04-84 Unreasonable NoiseORDINANCE NO. 4 - 84
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
PROHIBITING UNREASONABLE NOISE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SeCtion 1.
LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS
The City Council finds that the making, creation or maintenance of
loud, unnecessary, unnatural, unusual or-habitual noises which are prolonged,
unusual, and unnatural in their time, place and use affect and are a
detriment to the public health, comfort, safety, welfare, and prosperity of
the residents of the City of Dublin. The provisions of this ordinance are
enacted for the purpose of securing and promoting the public health, comfort,
safety, welfare, and prosperity and the peace and quiet of the City and its
inhabitants.
Section 2. UNREASONABLE NOISE PROHIBITED
It shall be unlawful and a nuisance for any person within the City
of Dublin persistently to maintain, emit, cause (mechanically or otherwise),
or permit any animal owned by him or in his possession or control to make,
any loud, or disturbing, or unnecessary, or unusual or habitual noise or any
noise which annoys or disturbs or injures or endangers the health, repose,
peace or safety of any reasonable person of normal sensitivity present in the
area.
The standards which shall be considered in determining whether a
violation of the provisions of this ordinance exists shall include, but shall
not be limited to the following:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Section 3.
The level, intensity, character and duration
of the noise;
The level, intensity and character of
background noise, if any;
The time when and the place and zoning
district where the noise occurred;
The proximity of the noise to residential
sleeping facilities; and
Whether the noise is recurrent, intermittent or constant.
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE
Each violation of this Ordinance shall constitute a separate
offense; and persons violating this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
$500.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding
thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 4.
IMMEDIATE EFFECT
This Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public
peace, health and welfare and shall take effect immediately.
Section 5. POSTING OF ORDINANCE
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The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to
be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in
accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of
California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Dublin on
this 23rd day of January, 1984, by the following votes:
AYES:
Councilmembers Drena, Hegarty, Jeffery, Moffatt and
Mayor Snyder
NOES: None ~~~.~.
ABSENT: None
City Clerk ~