CHAPTER 08 Title 9 Motorized Vehicle Operation
CHAPTER 8
MOTORIZED VEHICLE OPERATION
SECTION:
9-8-1: Restriction on Use
9-8-2: Loud and Excessive Noises - Purpose
9-8-3: Unlawful Noises
9-8-4: Definition
9-8-5: Equipment for Motor Vehicles
9-8-6: Prima Facie Evidence; Vehicles
9-8-7: Penalty
9-8-1: RESTRICTION ON USE: It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or
permit the operation of any automobile, truck, tractor, motorcycle, snowmobile, all-terrain
vehicle, go-cart, or other motorized vehicle on any park, ballpark, playground, tennis
court, or school ground, including walkways and adjacent parking areas, located within
the corporate limits of the City of Ammon, Bonneville County, Idaho, except where the
use of such vehicles is authorized for the maintenance and care of those areas or the
walkways and parking areas adjacent thereto. Any person who violates the provisions of
this section shall be guilty of an infraction.
9-8-2: LOUD AND EXCESSIVE NOISES - PURPOSE:
(A) The making and creation of loud, unnecessary, or disturbing noises within the
limits of the City is a condition which has existed for some time and the extent
and volume of such noises is increasing.
(B) The making, creation, or maintenance of such loud, unnecessary, and/or
disturbing noises are a detriment to the public health, comfort, convenience,
safety, and welfare of the residents of the City.
(C) The necessity for the provisions and prohibitions hereinafter contained and
enacted is declared as a matter of legislative determination to be in the public
interest, and it is further declared that the provisions and prohibitions hereinafter
contained and enacted are in pursuance of and for the purpose of securing and
promoting the public health, comfort, convenience, safety, and welfare and the
peace and quiet of the City and its inhabitants.
9-8-3: UNLAWFUL NOISES: It shall be unlawful for any person to make,
continue, or cause to be made or continued, any loud, unnecessary, or unusual noise or
any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose,
health, peace, or safety of others within the limits of the City.
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9-8-4: DEFINITION: “Loud, excessive, or disturbing noise” as used in this
ordinance includes, but is not limited to, any sound made by a passenger motor vehicle
or a motorcycle at any time under any condition of grade, speed, acceleration, or
deceleration which exceeds ninety-two (92) decibels or any lower decibel level that is
fixed by law or the rules and regulations regularly adopted by the Idaho Air Pollution
Control Commission, on the A scale of a general radio company No. 1551-B sound level
meter, or equivalent, stationed at a distance of not less than twenty feet (20') to the side
of such vehicle or motorcycle as such vehicle or motorcycle passes the sound meter or
is stationed not less then twenty feet (20') from a stationary motor or engine.
9-8-5: EQUIPMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES:
(A) Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with a muffler in good working
order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise and
annoying smoke, and no person shall use a muffler cut-out, bypass, or similar
devise upon a motor vehicle on any street or roadway within the City.
(B) The engine and power mechanism of every motor vehicle operated within the
City shall be so equipped and adjusted as to prevent the escape of excessive
fumes, smoke, or noise.
(C) No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle or a motorcycle in
a manner which will amplify or increase the noise of such vehicle or motorcycle
above that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the vehicle by the
manufacturer.
9-8-6: PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE; VEHICLES: A showing that a motorcycle
exceeds the maximum allowable decibel level as established in Section 9-8-3 hereof
shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this ordinance.
9-8-7: PENALTY: Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed
an infraction and shall be subject to penalties prescribed for such violations under
section 1-4-2 of this code.
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