Legal Documents of Bean Station

No person owning, employing, or having the care, custody, or possession of any instrument, amplifier, animal, or other generator of regularly recurring sound shall permit or cause to be permitted the generation or transmission of such sound in such a manner as to cause injury, detriment, or nuisance to any person of ordinary sensitivities; provided, however, that excessive noise shall not include and is not intended to prohibit single day special events limited in duration to any single twelve (12) hour period, including, by way of example, but without limitation, events which arc held for the purpose of public or private auction, events sponsored or supported by any public body, agency, or official or celebratory events commemorating any national, state, or local holiday. The generation or transmission of sound in such a manner as to be plainly audible on any adjacent or adjoining property shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section unless otherwise specifically permitted by ordinance or law or by an agency or deportment of the county. (Ord. #2001-08-100, Aug. 2001)