Swan Lake Neighborhood Association

City Ordinance: Disturbing thr Peace

Nov 08, 2006

City of Tulsa Revised Ordinances
Title 27
PENAL CODE
CHAPTER 14?DISTURBING THE PEACE

SECTION 1400. NOISES?It shall be an offense for any person at any time to willfully or maliciously disturb the public peace or quietude or the life, health, or safety of any individual in any manner, by creating any noise of such character or duration so as to be loud, disturbing, orunnecessary, including but not limited to the following:?
A. The sounding of a horn or signal device on any vehicle, except as a danger signal;?
B. The playing of any radio, phonograph, or any musical instrument in any manner or in such volume, particularly during the hours between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of any person in any dwelling, hotel, or other type of residence;?
C. Singing, chanting, whistling, shouting, yelling, use of bullhorns, auto horns, sound amplification equipment, or other sound equipment at a volume that can be heard inside any building or structure located on property occupied by a school, church, hospital, or medical clinic during the regular business hours of such school, church, hospital, or medical clinic, provided that such school, church, hospital, or medical clinic?posts a "Quiet Zone" sign on any public right-of-way or similar public access area in front of or adjacent to any such building or structure, and posts the hours of operation near a public entrance of any such building or structure.
This prohibition does not apply to activities conducted by any such school, church, hospital, or medical clinic. Hospitals and?medical clinics which operate on a twenty-four (24) hour basis are not required to post regular business hours.?
D. The allowing of habitual howling, yelping, barking or other annoyance by the owner, keeper, or possessor of any dog or animal;?
E. The discharge of the exhaust of any internal combustion or motor vehicle, except through a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises therefrom;?
F. The use of any mechanical device operated by compressed air, unless same is effectively muffled and reduced; and?
G. The playing of musical instruments upon any street or public place without a written permit from the Mayor or his designee.?Ord. Nos. 20494, 20520


SECTION 1402. DISORDERLY CONDUCT?
A. It shall be an offense for any person at any time to willfully or maliciously disturb the public peace or quietude or the life, health, or safety of any individual in any manner by making unnecessary or inappropriate noise;
by any disorderly conduct?thereby interrupting, disquieting, or disrupting any lawful congregation or assembly of people;
by keeping, maintaining, or operating any place of public resort wherein loud or disturbing noises are made by drunken, disorderly, or noisy persons congregating therein;?or by failing to expel or restrain such persons when they are so acting.?
B. Any person who is convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00), excluding costs, and/or imprisonment in the City Jail for a period of not more than thirty (30) days. Ord. No. 17559


SECTION 1408. PENALTY
?Unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00), excluding costs, fees and assessments. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense. Ord. No. 19605

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