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residential areas. <br />5. Noise linked to individual vehicles with inadequate mufflers or loud stereos. <br />6. Construction noise. <br />7. Animals- i.e. barking dogs. <br />8. Power tools. <br /> <br />The city has shown great sensitivity to citizen complaints about these aggravating <br />sources of sound. The city has taken affirmative steps towards helping to abate traffic <br />noise by pursuing sound walls and sound berms, and adopting a noise control ordinance; <br />amending it most recently on March 11, 2002. <br /> <br />So far this year, the Mounds View Police Department received 81 complaints relating to <br />loud parties or other noise complaints. Most of these complaints were loud party/loud <br />music complaints from individual residences. Most of these complaints were successfully <br />resolved by a response from the Police Department. The vast majority of these types of <br />complaints are resolved with a verbal warning, and require no further action. Typically, a <br />failure to comply with a directive from the Police Department to turn the noise down <br />results in a citation or arrest for a city ordinance or state statute violation. The year to <br />date sound complaints received by the Police Department are as follows: <br /> <br /> <br />2005 Year to Date Noise Related Complaints received by the Police Department <br /> <br /> <br />Loud Noise relating to a party or working on a vehicle at a residence. <br /> <br /> <br />52 <br /> <br />Barking Dogs <br /> <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />Engine Braking (semi trucks) <br /> <br />*Complaint made to City Council directly <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />Loud Stereo from a vehicle <br /> <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Construction Noise <br /> <br />0 <br /> <br /> <br />Aircraft noise <br /> <br />0 <br /> <br /> <br />Traffic Noise <br /> <br /> <br />4 <br />. <br /> <br />One resident has come before the City Council on numerous occasions with various <br />noise complaints near his residence. Unfortunately, the resident in question’s home is