9.04.250 Sound amplifying equipment | Cudahy Municipal Code

9.04.250 Sound amplifying equipment.

The words “sound amplifying equipment” as used herein shall mean any machine or device for the amplification of the human voice, music, or any other sound. “Sound amplifying equipment” as used herein shall not be construed as including standard automobile radios when used and intended to be heard only by the occupants of the vehicle in which installed or warning devices on authorized emergency vehicles or horns or other warning devices on other vehicles used only for traffic safety purposes.

(1) No person shall use or cause to be used a sound truck with its sound amplifying equipment in operation for any noncommercial purpose in the city without filing a registration statement with the director of community services in writing.

(2) Registration Statement. A registration statement shall be filed in duplicate and shall state the following:

(a) Name and home address of the applicant;

(b) Address of place of business of applicant;

(d) Name and address of person who owns each sound truck to be used by applicant;

(e) Name and address of person having direct charge of each sound truck to be used by applicant;

(f) Names and addresses of all persons who will use or operate any sound truck;

(g) The purpose for which the sound truck or trucks will be used;

(h) A general statement as to the section or sections of the city in which each sound truck will be used;

(i) The proposed hours of operation of the sound trucks;

(j) The number of days of proposed operation of each sound truck;

(k) A general description of the sound amplifying equipment which is to be used;

(l) The maximum sound producing power of the sound amplifying equipment which is to be used in or on each sound truck; state the following:

(i) The wattage to be used;

(ii) The approximate maximum distance for which sound will be thrown from each sound truck.

(3) Registration Statement Amendment. All persons using or causing to be used any sound truck for noncommercial purposes shall amend any registration statement duly certified by the director of community services as a correct copy of the application. The certified copy of the application shall be in the possession of any person operating any sound truck at all times while the sound truck’s sound amplifying equipment is in operation and the copy shall be displayed and shown to any policeman of the city upon request.

(4) Regulations for Use. Noncommercial use of sound trucks in the city with the sound amplifying equipment in operation shall be subject to the following regulations:

(a) The only sounds permitted are music or human speech;

(b) Operations are permitted for three hours per day, except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays when no operations are authorized. The permitted three-hour operation shall be between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon and 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.;

(c) Sound amplifying equipment shall not be operated unless the sound truck upon which such equipment is mounted is operated at a speed of at least 10 miles per hour, except when such truck is stopped or impeded by traffic. Where stopped by traffic, the sound amplifying equipment shall not be operated for longer than one minute at each such stop; and

(d) Sound shall not be issued within 500 feet of hospitals, schools, churches, courthouses, courtrooms, county buildings, or the City Hall. (Ord. 396 § 2. 2002 Code § 3-1.27).