§ 54-74. Mufflers, prevention of noise.

(a)

Every motor vehicle shall, at all times, be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive, raucous or unusually loud noise, smoke or flame, and no person shall operate a motor vehicle upon the streets and highways of this city which is not so equipped, or which is equipped with a muffler cutout, bypass, Hollywood pipes or any similar device. A muffler is defined for the purpose of this article as a device consisting of a series of chambers or other mechanical devices for the purpose of receiving exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine which is designed for the purpose of breaking up the sound tones and the diffusion of smoke and flame emitting therefrom.

(b)

No person shall sell, give away for use upon, install or cause the installation to be made, or use upon any motor vehicle operated in the city, any type of muffler or other device that will modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in any manner so as to amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of such motor vehicle to the point where it becomes excessive or unreasonable to the ear of the ordinary person.

(c)

No person shall sell, give away for use upon, install or cause the installation to be made upon, or use upon any motor vehicle operated or to be operated in the city any device, apparatus, equipment, instrument or other system, method or instrumentality with, in, or on, any exhaust system designed or intended to ignite exhaust gases to produce a flame, within or outside the exhaust system of the motor vehicle.

(d)

This section 54-74 shall not apply to neighborhood electric vehicles or low-speed electric vehicles.

(Code 1950, § 507.6; Ord. No. 629-98, § 5, 9-8-98; Ord. No. 686-09, § 5, 11-23-09)

State law reference

Similar provisions, C.R.S. 1973, 42-4-222.

Cross reference

Noise control generally, Ch. 36.