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c. The animal noise can be heard from a location outside the building and premises where the animal is being kept, and the animal has made such noises intermittently for a period of at least five (5) minutes with one minute or less lapse of time between each animal noise during the five minute period. , I Subd. 11. Schools, churches, hospitals, etc. No person shall create any excessive noise on a street, alley, or public grounds adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church, or hospital when the noise unreasonably interferes with the working of the institution or disturbs or unduly annoys its occupants or residents and when conspicuous signs indicate the presence of such institution. Comment: The list of institutions may be altered to meet local needs. Some ordinances, for example, add courts, nursing homes, and homes for the elderly to the list. Section 2 is intended to prohibit various noise nuisances not controlled or not easily controlled through Section 4, sound level standards, or that may be controlled easier in this fashion. It includes noise nuisances commonly proscribed by ordinances. Others may be added to take account of local nuisance situations. Among other noise nuisances sometimes found in noise control ordinances are (1) noise pollution from building, repairing, or testing motor vehicles or other internal combustion engines; (2) use of model vehicles or model airplanes during certain hours or in certain places; (3) use of explosives, firearms (see Minn. Stat. 116.07, Subd. 2a), or similar devices causing a noise disturbance beyond property lines (sometimes permitted under certain conditions with a special variance); (4) unmujjled operation of blower or power fans; (5) noise from idling diesel engines. Some provisions either included or omitted in the model section may already appear in city ordinances dealing with nuisances, and some directed at noise by people (e.g., loud parties) may be treated in ordinances on disorderly conduct or breaches of the peace. Section 3. Hourly Restriction on Certain Operations. Subdivision 1. Recreational vehicles. No person shall, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., drive or operate any minibike, snowmobile, or other recreational vehicle not licensed for travel on public highways. Comment: If other ordinances regulate or prohibit the use of snowmobiles or other nonhighway recreational vehicles within the city, this provision should be modified accordingly. It should be noted that Minn. Stat. 84.87 regulates the operation of snowmobiles relative to the ordinances of a municipality. 6