It is unlawful for any person to make or allow to be made, within the City limits of Sublette, Kansas any excessive, unnecessary, unusual, disturbing, or loud noise, which creates a nuisance or injures or affects the comfort, health, and safety of others, or interferes with the use or enjoyment of property of any other person, unless the making of such noise is necessary for the protection and preservation of property or the health and safety of individuals in the City and detailed herein.
(Ord. 334; Code 2020)
The following acts, which enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive, are hereby declared to be noise nuisances and violation of this article.
(a) The playing or permitting of the playing of any radio, television, phonograph, loud speaker, drum, juke box, auto stereo, musical instrument, sound system, sound amplifier of any kind, or device which produces or amplifies sound, when done in such a manner or with such volume or with continued duration so as to annoy, distress, or disturb the quiet comfort of persons or the peaceful enjoyment of property within the vicinity.
(b) The use of any motor vehicle, of any kind, so out of repair, or in such a manner to create loud or unnecessary noise which may annoy, distress or disturb the quiet comfort and peaceful enjoyment of any persons within the vicinity.
(c) The construction, excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair work of any building or property by use of any power tools or power equipment used in the construction, excavation, drilling, demolition, alteration, or repair work other than between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.
(d) Any loud, excessive, unnecessary, unusual, disturbing, or distressing noises, when produced may be clearly heard from a distance of 50 feet or more. The measurement standard shall be the normal auditory senses, of a reasonable person (Words or phrases need not be discernible).
(Ord. 334; Code 204)
The following activities, so long as they are conducted between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., as a normal function of a permitted use, and the equipment is maintained in proper working order, are excepted from the provisions of this article:
(a) Lawn Maintenance.
(b) Repair of personal use vehicles
(c) Home repair
(d) Temporary stand-by power generators
(e) Noise caused by operators of the city of Sublette utilities, refuse company and City Maintenance employees
(f) Emergency vehicles or sirens and emergency work by City employees at any time of day.
(Ord. 334; Code 2020)
The use of “Jake Brakes” by any truck, at any time, within the City limits of Sublette, Kansas is prohibited.
(Ord. 334; Code 2020)
The law enforcement officers of the City, and contract law enforcement officers shall have the power to enforce the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 334; Code 2020)