Certain activities essential to the economic, social, political, educational, and technical advancements of the citizens of the city necessarily require the production of sound that may offend, disrupt, intrude, or otherwise create hardship among the citizenry. The time or manner of sound may constitute a hazard to the health, safety, welfare, and the quality of life of residents of the city. Generally the city will limit and regulate sound deemed to be harmful to the health, safety, welfare, and quality of life of the citizens of the city, and this Ordinance shall be liberally construed to effectuate that purpose.