7 CFR § 500.5 - Nuisances.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s500.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 500.5 - Nuisances."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "500.5"
section_name: "Nuisances."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "500"
part_name: "NATIONAL ARBORETUM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "20 U.S.C. 196(a); sub secs. 2, 4, 5; 40 U.S.C. 121(d); 40 U.S.C. 1315(c)."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 55708, Sept. 23, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "500"
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# 500.5 Nuisances.

(a) The use of loud, abusive, or otherwise improper language; unwarranted loitering, sleeping, or assembly; the creation of any hazard to persons or things; improper disposal of rubbish; spitting; prurient prying; the commission of any obscene or indecent act, or any other unseemly or disorderly conduct; throwing articles of any kind from a building, and climbing upon any part of a building is prohibited.

(b) Playing of music or creation of other noises of a decibel level high enough to be heard outside of the USNA is prohibited.