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Ordinance 2009- 016 AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT TO ITS LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRs); PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 974, NOISE AND VIBRATION CONTROL, BY CREATING AN EXEMPTION FOR EMERGENCY POWER GENERATORS WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS; AND BY PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; CODIFICATION; SEVERABILITY; AND EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRS) BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: SECTION #1: Part 1: Amend LDR Section 974.04, Specific noise and vibration prohibitions, to read as follows: The following standards and restrictions shall apply to uses and/or activities in unincorporated Indian River County, except as may conflict with the provisions of section 974.06, Exemptions, of this chapter. Uses and/or activities in compliance with the standards and restrictions of this section shall not be sub'ect to the noise control standards set forth in section 974.05. (1) Radios, television sets, musical instruments, and similar devices. It shall be unlawful to use, operate, or permit to be played, used, or operated, any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, television set, or other machine or device for the production or reproduction of sound between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. in such manner as to create a noise or vibration disturbance to neighboring premises. Pertaining to radios, cassette players, disk players and similar devices associated with motor vehicles, no such device shall be operated in such a manner as to create a noise or vibration disturbance at one hundred (100) feet or more from such device, when operated on a public right- of-way or public space. (2) Construction equipment and activity. It shall be unlawful to operate any equipment or perform any outside construction or repair work on buildings, structures, roads, or projects within the county between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless an administrative approval as set forth in section 974.07 for such construction or repair work between such hours has been obtained from Indian River County on the basis of good cause shown. (3) Engine mufflers. It shall be unlawful to operate any internal combustion engine, including such an engine associated with a motor boat, or motor vehicle without a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises therefrom. (4) Animal noises. It shall be unlawful to keep or maintain any animal (including birds) without providing and maintaining adequate sound -control techniques to eliminate any excessive, offensive, and unnecessary noise. This provision shall not apply to property within an agricultural zoning district. (5) Vehicle repair in residential areas. It shall be unlawful to repair, rebuild, or test any motor vehicle between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on property within or abutting any Bold Underline: Additions to Ordinance 1 m ike through: Deleted Text from Existing Ordinance F:\Community Development\Users\ROLAND\LDR\974 Noise Ord generators revisions\974 noise ord rev for generators for 10-13-09 BCC.RTF