ORD 2546 ORDINANCE NO .
AN ORDINANCE amending Section 9 . 32 . 050 of the Camas
Municipal Code by revising the regulations for public disturbance
noises .
The Council of the City of Camas do ordain as follows :
Section I
Section 9 . 32 . 050 of the Camas Municipal Code is amended to provide as follows :
9 . 32 . 050 Public disturbance noises .
A . It is unlawful for any person to allow sound to emanate from real or
personal property that is a public disturbance noise . The following shall be
considered public disturbance noises :
1 . The use of a musical instrument, whistle , sound amplifier or other device
producing or reproducing loud or raucous sounds emanating frequently,
repetitively, or continuously from any building , structure or property so as to
unreasonably disturb or interfere with the peace , comfort or repose of
owners or possessors of neighboring or nearby real property .
2 . The making of any loud or raucous sound within one thousand feet of
any school , hospital , sanitarium , nursing or convalescent facility, which
unreasonably interferes with the use of such facility, or with the peace ,
comfort or repose of persons therein .
3 . The frequent, repetitive or continuous sounding of any horn or siren
attached to a motor vehicle , except as a warning of danger or as specifically
permitted or required by law .
4 . The creation of frequent, repetitive or continuous sounds in connection
with the starting , operation, repair , rebuilding or testing of any motor
vehicle , motorcycle , off- road vehicle , or internal combustion engine so as to
unreasonably disturb or interfere with the peace , comfort and repose of
owners or possessors of neighboring or nearby real property, provided ,
however , that this subsection shall not apply to the operation of lawn
mowers , garden tools , chain saws or other power equipment used for
building repair or grounds maintenance between the hours of 7 a . m . and 10
p . m .
5 . The use of equipment and activities producing intermittent or repetitive
ith site improvements , or exterior new home
noise commonly associated w
construction :
a) Before 7 a . m . or after 7 p . m . Monday through Friday ;
b ) Before 7 a . m . or rafter 5 p . m . on Saturdays ;
c) Anytime on Sundays or the following holidays : New Years Day,
Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, or
Christmas Day .
B . A public disturbance noise shall not include a response to emergency
situations or to specific allowances as determined by the City . For the
purposes of this section emergencies include but are not limited to the use of
generators during power outages , necessary immediate repair of public or
private utilities , and police , fire and/or medical response .
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C . Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor .
Section II
This Ordinance shall take force and be in effect five ( 5 ) days from and after its
publication according to law .
PASSED BY the Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this day of May , 2009 .
SIGNED : ---��
Mayor
ATTEST : Z�
Clerk
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d'City ttorney
ORDINANCE NO . 2546
On May 4 , 2009 , the Camas City Council adopted Ordinance No . 2546 , which amended
Section 9 . 32 . 050 of the Camas Municipal Code by revising the regulations for public disturbance
noises . The full text of the ordinance will be mailed to any person upon request .
DATED this day Yof May, 2009 .
JaDurgin , City Clerk