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ORDINANCE NO. 95-1069
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA,
RELATING TO THE HOURS DURING WHICH CERTAIN NOISES
MAY NOT BE GENERATED AND AMENDING THE
CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Code Amendment. Subsection (b) (Radios, Phonographs, Etc.) of
Section 4101 (Unnecessary Noises) of Chapter 1 (Prohibited Conduct; offenses) of
Article IV (Public Peace) of the Carson Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read:
"(b) Radios. Phonographs, Etc. The using, operating or permitting to
be played, used or operated between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of
any loudspeaker, radio, musical instrument, phonograph, compact disk player,
tape player, television set, or instrument or device similar to those heretofore
specifically mentioned for the production or reproduction of sound in volume
sufficiently loud as to disturb the peace, quiet or repose of persons of ordinary
and normal sensitiveness who are in the immediate vicinity of such machine
or device. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this
Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided
in Chapter 2 of Article 1 of this Code."
Section 2. Code Amendment. Subsection (c) (Band or Orchestral Rehearsals)
of Section 4101 (Unnecessary Noises) of Chapter 1 (Prohibited Conduct; offenses) of
Article IV (Public Peace) of the Carson Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read:
"(c) Band or Orchestral Rehearsals. The conducting of or carrying
on of band or orchestral concerts or rehearsals or practice between the hours
of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in any area, building or structure wherein the
adjoining occupied building used for human habitation is nearer than 200 feet.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 2 of
Article 1 of this Code."
Section 3. Code Amendment. Subsection (e) (Engines, Motors and Mechanical
Devices Near Residential District) of Section 4101 (Unnecessary Noises) of Chapter
1 (Prohibited Conduct; offenses) of Article IV (Public Peace) of the Carson Municipal
Code, is hereby amended to read:
"(e) Engines, Motors and Mechanical Devices Near Residential
District. The operation between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of any
electric motor or engine or the use or operation of any automobile, truck,
motorcycle, machine or mechanical device or other contrivance or facility
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unless such motor, engine, automobile, truck, motorcycle, machine or
mechanical device is enclosed within a sound insulated structure so as to
prevent noise and sound from being plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet
from such structure, or within 10 feet of any residence. Any person, firm or
corporation violating any provision of this Section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 2 of Article 1 of
this Code."
Section 4. Code Amendment. Subsection (k) (Yelling, Shouting, Etc.) of Section
4101 (Unnecessary Noises) of Chapter 1 (Prohibited Conduct; offenses) of Article IV
(Public Peace) of the Carson Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read:
"(k) Yelling, Shouting, Etc. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or
singing on the public streets or in a public place, whether amplified or
unamplified, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. or at any time or
place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any
office, dwelling, hotel or other type of residence, or of any persons in the
vicinity. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided in
Chapter 2 of Article 1 of this Code."
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of August
1995.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss.
CITY OF CARSON
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance,
being Ordinance No. 95-1069, passed first reading on August 1 , 1995, was
duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly
and regularly held on August 15 1995, and that the same was passed and
adopted by the following role call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mavor Mitoma, Calas, Olaes, O'Neal, and Fajardo
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
City Clerk, City of Cars n, California
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