Chapter 9.24
SOUND AMPLIFIERS

Sections:

9.24.010    License required.

9.24.020    Fee.

9.24.030    Application.

9.24.040    Issuance of license.

9.24.050    Restrictions.

9.24.010 License required.

It is unlawful to maintain or operate any loudspeaker or amplifier connected with any radio, phonograph, microphone or other device by which sounds are magnified and made heard over any public street or public place without first having secured a license therefor.

9.24.020 Fee.

The fee for such permit shall be twenty-five dollars for each day of each license. (Ord. 2022-14 § 4, 2022)

9.24.030 Application.

Any person, firm or corporation desiring a license for the use or operation of such a device shall file an application therefor with the village clerk, upon a form provided by him, setting forth the name and address of the applicant, the name of the owner of such device, the date upon which it is intended to be used and such other information as may be prescribed.

9.24.040 Issuance of license.

Such license shall be issued upon the payment of the license fee as provided in RMC 9.24.020 to the village clerk, and shall permit the use of any such device, subject to the terms and conditions of this chapter, only upon the date specified on such license and no other.

9.24.050 Restrictions.

A. No licensee shall use, operate or employ any such device within the village limits on Sunday, or after the hour of eight p.m. prevailing time of any day or before the hour of eight a.m. prevailing time of any day. No licensee shall use or operate or employ any such device within a radius of two blocks from any hospital or within the radius of two blocks of any church while services are being held there.

B. This section shall not apply to radios in homes or in private pleasure vehicles when the same are operated in such manner as not to be audible at a distance of fifty feet from such vehicle, nor to noise devices, bands or other musical devices used in any public parade or procession which is operated under a permit in accordance with the ordinances of the village.

C. No licensee shall cause or permit to be emanated or emitted from any such device any lewd, obscene, profane or indecent language or sounds, or any false representation of any matter, product or project advertised thereby, the sale of which is prohibited by any law, ordinance or statute.