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PDF documents are not translated. Resources Sitemap Accessibility Help Center. Compare to: - No Earlier Versions -. Parkersburg Overview. Codified Ordinances of Parkersburg, WV. Share Download Bookmark Print. The creation and continuation of any loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise in the City is hereby prohibited.
No person shall cause, make or contribute to creating any loud or disturbing noise of such character, intensity or duration as to be detrimental to the life or health of any individual, or such noises as disturb the quiet and peace of any person in the City. The following acts, among others, are declared to be loud, disturbing, annoying and unnecessary noises in violation of this section, but such enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive:.
The sounding or blowing of any horn or signal device on any automobile, motorcycle, motor bus or other vehicle, except as a danger signal if another vehicle is approaching apparently out of control, or if in motion and only as a danger signal; the creation by means of any signal device of any loud or harsh noise, and the sounding of such device for any unnecessary or unreasonable period of time.
