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8 <br />intermittent or constant; the volume and intensity; whether the sound has <br />been amplified in volume or range; the character and zoning of the area, <br />including the receiving land; whether the sound is related to recreational or <br />utilitarian activities normally associated with the use of property or the <br />normal operation of a business or other labor activity; whether the sound is <br />subject to being controlled without unreasonable effort or expense to the <br />creation thereof. <br />Article II: Specific Prohibitions <br />It shall be unlawful to carry on the following activities in any part of the <br />unincorporated areas of Orange County that is zoned far residential use (as defined in <br />the Orange County Zoning Ordinance), or within three hundred (300) feet of any <br />structure used as a residence (other than the residence of a person involved in the <br />activity) in an unincorporated area of Orange County regardless of its zoning <br />classification. <br />(1) Operate or permit the operation of any recreational motorized vehicle <br />between the hours of 9 pm and 8 am, if the vehicle is being driven off-road for <br />racing. This section shall apply to all non-commercial off-road racing of <br />recreational motorized vehicles, whether or not self-propelled or duly licensed <br />or registered, including racing vehicles, motorcycles, go-carts, snowmobiles <br />and motor boats except when any of the foregoing is operated in association <br />with hunting or fishing, or permitted commercial racetracks or other permitted <br />commercial use of property. <br />(2) Operate lawn mowers, chainsaws and other landscaping and domestic <br />equipment outdoors between the hours of 9 pm and 7 am. <br />(3) Using the compression release engine or transmission breaking system of <br />motor vehicles between the hours of 9 pm and 8 am in non-emergency <br />circumstances. <br />Article III. Maximum Permissible Standards by Receiving Land <br />(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to make, create, permit, or to continue any <br />source of unreasonably loud and disturbing noise in Orange County. <br />