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<br />Ordinance 2009- 016
<br />residential zoning district in such a manner as to disturb the peace, quiet, and comfort of the
<br />residents of the area.
<br />(6) Activities in the vicinity of schools, courts, churches, and hospitals. It shall be unlawful to
<br />create any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any school, court, church, or hospital which
<br />unreasonably interferes with the workings of such institution, or which disturbs or unduly annoys
<br />patients in a hospital.
<br />(7) Loading or unloading of vehicles, opening bales, and boxes. It shall be unlawful to make,
<br />create, or maintain any loud or excessive noise within the county that would result in a disturbance
<br />to neighboring properties in connection with the loading or unloading of any vehicle or the
<br />opening or destruction of bales, boxes, crates, or containers.
<br />(8) Peddlers, hawkers, or vendors. It shall be unlawful for peddlers, hawkers, or vendors to
<br />shout or cry along or on a roadway to the disturbance of the peace or quiet of a neighborhood.
<br />(9) Drums, cymbals, and loudspeakers. It shall be unlawful to create, make, or maintain any
<br />noise by the use of any drum, cymbals, loudspeaker, or other similar instruments in the county for
<br />the purpose of attracting attention to any performance, show, sale, or display of merchandise, or
<br />place of business. This provision shall not apply to ice-cream trucks or approval public events.
<br />(10) Bells or sirens on vehicles. It shall be unlawful for any person to use in conjunction with
<br />any unauthorized vehicle any bell or siren similar to that used on ambulances or vehicles of the
<br />sheriff, fire departments, and other public safety agencies.
<br />(11) Skateboard ramps. It shall be unlawful to use any skateboard ramp or similar configuration
<br />between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. in a residential zoning district in such a manner that would result
<br />in a disturbance to neighboring properties.
<br />(12) Air -blow cleaners. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any air -blow cleaning
<br />equipment or similar devices for the cleaning of parking lots, walkways, driveways, or similar
<br />areas between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. that would result. in a disturbance to
<br />neighboring properties.
<br />(13) Places of public entertainment. It shall be unlawful for any public entertainment
<br />establishment or person associated with or working for said establishment to operate, play or
<br />permit the operation or playing of any radio, television, phonograph, drum, musical instrument,
<br />sound amplifier, or similar device between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. in such a manner
<br />as to create noise or vibration that is a disturbance to neighboring premises.
<br />(14) Sounding of train horns or whistles. It shall be unlawful for any engineer, conductor,
<br />fireman or other person in charge of or in control of any locomotive or railroad train of any
<br />railroad company operating wholly within this state to sound any railroad train horn, whistle or
<br />other audible warning signal between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. in advance of or at any rail
<br />highway crossing located within Indian River County, providing that the crossing is equipped with
<br />train -activated automatic traffic -control devices, which shall include, flashing lights, bells and
<br />crossing gates.
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