HomeMy WebLinkAbout4780 ORDINANCE NO. 4780
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington,
amending Bremerton Municipal Code Section 6.32.110 and adding a new Section
6.32.115.
The City Council of Bremerton does ordain:
Section 1. Bremerton Municipal Code Section 6.32.110 is amended to read as follows:
6.32.110 Public Disturbance Noises.
It is hereby unlawful and declared a public nuisance for any person to
cause, or for any person in possession of property to allow, noise defined in this
section. For prosecution under this section, evidence of sound level through the
use of a sound level meter reading shall not be necessary to establish a
commission of the offense. Provisions of this section shall be cumulative and not
exclusive, and shall not affect any other claim, cause of action or remedy including
any prosecution for violation of sections regulating environmental noise. The
following shall be public disturbance noises:
(a) The frequent, repetitive or continuance sound of any horn or siren
attached to a motor vehicle, except as a warning of danger or as specifically
permitted or required by law.
(b) The creation of frequent, repetitive or continuous noise in
connection with the starting, operation, repair, rebuilding or testing of any motor
vehicle, motorcycle, off-highway vehicle or internal combustion engine within
District I so as to unreasonably disturb or interfere with the peace, comfort and
repose of owners or possessors of real property.
(c) The use of a sound amplifier or other device capable of producing
or reproducing amplified sound upon public streets for the purpose of commercial
advertising or sales or for attracting the attention of the public to any vehicle,
structure or property or the contents therein except as permitted by law, and
except that vendors who sole method of selling is from a moving vehicle shall be
exempt from this subsection.
(d) Sound from motor vehicle sound systems, such as tape players,
radios, and compact disc players, operated at a volume so as to be audible greater
than 50 feet from the vehicle itself.
(e) Sound from audio equipment, such as tape players, radios, and
compact disc players, operated at a volume so as to be audible greater than 50
feet from the source, and if not operated upon the property of the operator.
(f) The creation of any loud noises which emanate frequently, or
repetitively or continuously from any building, structure or property which
unreasonably disturbs the peace, comfort and repose of others.
Section 2. A new Bremerton Municipal Code Section 6.32.115 is added to read as
follows:
6.32.115 Bells, Chimes, or Carillons.
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The operation of bells, chimes, or carillons shall be exempt from the
provisions of this chapter.
Section 3. The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to all applications for which a
required headng has not yet been held as of this Ordinance's effective date.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect ten (10) days after posting
and publication as required by law. A summary of this Ordinance may be published in lieu of the
entire Ordinance, as authorized by State law.
Section 5. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the
validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 6. The effective date of this Ordinance shall be ten (10) days from the date of
passage and publication by the Mayor and City Council.
APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton thi~ay of ~:~, 2001.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 7.~ day of ~3~.,~ 2001.
/,~""City Council President
APPROVED this [~ day of Ik.~ ,2001.
LYNN s. HORTON
Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN McCLUSKEY J
City Clerk
Published: !/-/~,- O/ ,2001
Effective Date:-.~, 2001
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AFFIDA VIT OF PUBLICATION
County of Kitsap, State of Washington
No. 164808
I, Melinda Monroe, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That she is now, and at all
times embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and
publishers of THE SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of
the /superior Court of the Count of Kitsap, in which County it is published and is now and has
been for more than six months prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to,
published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in BFemerton, Kitsap County,
Washington, and is now and during all of said time, was printed in an office maintained in the
aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper; that the following is a true text of a legal
advertisement as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplement form) of said
newspaper on the following dates, to wit: November 16,2001, during all of said period. That the
full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum.of $160.48 which amount
has not been paid in full.
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(Signature of Principal Clerk)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of November 20,2001.
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Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, Kitsap County.
ORDINANCE NO. 4780'
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Washington, amending Bremerton Municipal Code Section
6.32.110 and adding a new Section 6.32.115.-
The City Council of Bremerton does ordain:-
Section 1. -
Bremerton Municipal Code Section 6.32.110 is amended to read as
follows:-
6.32.110 Public Disturbance Noises.-
It is hereby unlawful and declared a public nuisance for any
person to cause, or for any person in possession of property to
allow, noise defined in this section. For prosecution under this
section, evidence of sound level through the use of a sound level
meter reading shall not be necessary to establish a commission of
the offense. Provisions of this section shall be cumulative and
not exclusive, and shall not affect any other claim, cause of
action or remedy including any prosecution for violation of
sections regulating environmental noise. The following shall be
public disturbance noises:-
...(a) The frequent, repetitive or continuance sound of any horn
or siren attached to a motor vehicle, except as a warning of
danger or as specifically permitted or required by law.-
...(b) The creation of frequent, repetitive or continuous noise
in connection with the starting, operation, repair, rebuilding or
testing of any motor vehicle, motorcycle, off-highway vehicle or
internal combustion engine within District I so as to
unreasonably disturb or interfere with the peace, comfort and
repose of owners or possessors of real property.-
...(c) The use of a sound amplifier or other device capable of
producing or reproducing amplified sound upon public streets for
the purpose of commercial advertising or sales or for attracting
the attention of the public to any vehicle, structure or property
or the contents therein except as permitted by law, and except
that vendors who sole method of selling is from a moving vehicle
shall be exempt from this subsection.-
...(d) Sound from motor vehicle sound systems, such as tape
players, radios, and compact disc players, operated at a volume
so as to be audible greater than 50 feet from the vehicle
itself.-
...(e) Sound from audio equipment, such as tape players, radios,
and compact disc players, operated at a volume so as to be
audible greater than 50 feet from the source, and if not operated
upon the property of the operator.-
...(f) The creation of any loud noises which emanate frequently,
or repetitively or continuously from any building, structure or
property which unreasonably disturbs the peace, comfort and
repose of others.-
Section 2. A new Bremerton Municipal Code Section 6.32.115 lS
added to read as follows:-
6.32.115 Bells, Chimes, or Carillons.-
The operation of bells, chimes, or carillons shall be exempt from
the provisions of this chapter.-
Section 3. The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to all
applications for which a required hearing has not yet been held
as of this Ordinance's effective date.-
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect ten
(10) days after posting and publication as required by law. A
summary of this Ordinance may be published in lieu of the entire
Ordinance, as authorized by State law.-
Section 5. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance is declared unconstitutional
or invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the
validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this
ordinance.-
Section 6. The effective date of this Ordinance shall be ten (10)
days from the date of passage and publication by the Mayor and
City Council.-
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APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 30th
day of October, 2001.-
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 7th day
of November, 2001.-
November 16,