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M E SECTION 2. Day and Night Hours of Applicable Standards. For purposes of enforcement of this ordinance, daytime shall be the period from 7:00 A. M. through 10:00 P. M. inclusive, and nighttime shall be the period from 10:01 P. M. through 6:59 A. M. inclusive, Pacific times, Standard or Daylight Saving, as then in effect. SECTION 3. Operations Prohibited. No person shall act, or operate any device specified in subsections (a), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (h) of Section 1 above, or keep any animal, so as to create noise levels within the Town of Los Altos Hills in excess of the standards prescribed in Section 4. SECTION 4: Standards for Noise. The below prescribed standards are hereby established to be applicable to the classifications indicated, at the respective distances when measured with a standard noise level meter from a position external to the private property upon which the noise source exists or from the source of the noise when located on public property. SECTION 5. Vehicles on Public Streets and Highways. Vehicles on public streets and highways within the Town of Los Altos Hills shall conform to the noise emission standards prescribed for them by the California Vehicle Code. SECTION 6. Effective Dates. The standards prescribed in Section shall become effective in accordance with the following schedule: 15 April 1971 Person Animal Motor Vehicle Sound Producing Device Machine, Tool or Appliance 1 June 1971 Implement of Husbandry Aircraft 1 January 1973 Farm Tractor SECTION 7. Penalties for Violation. Every person who violates this ordinance or suffers it to be violated shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed $500.00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. _2. Ord. No. 181 Noise Ord. 3/15/71 Max. db Minimum Noise Source Day/Night Scale Distance (ft.) Person 60/50 A 50 Animal 65/55 A 50 Motor Vehicle 82/70 A 50 Farm Tractor 82/60 A 50 Implement of Husbandry 55/45 A 300 Sound Producing Device 55/45 A 300 Aircraft 60/50 A 1,000 Machine, Tool or Appliance 55/45 A 50 SECTION 5. Vehicles on Public Streets and Highways. Vehicles on public streets and highways within the Town of Los Altos Hills shall conform to the noise emission standards prescribed for them by the California Vehicle Code. SECTION 6. Effective Dates. The standards prescribed in Section shall become effective in accordance with the following schedule: 15 April 1971 Person Animal Motor Vehicle Sound Producing Device Machine, Tool or Appliance 1 June 1971 Implement of Husbandry Aircraft 1 January 1973 Farm Tractor SECTION 7. Penalties for Violation. Every person who violates this ordinance or suffers it to be violated shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed $500.00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. _2. Ord. No. 181 Noise Ord. 3/15/71