(A) Public address speaker systems shall be permitted only on properties zoned commercial planned development (CPD), central business district (CBD), or industrial planned development (IPD) and the public address speaker systems meet the following technical standards:
(1) The speakers shall be capable of producing no more than a maximum of ten watts with a maximum of no more than 95 decibels at four feet;
(2) All inside and outside cables and amplifiers must bear an Underwriters Laboratory (UL) label;
(3) Amplifiers must include an internal limiting device to control maximum volume.
(B) It is unlawful for any person or business to install, use, or permit to be used, in or upon any premises within the city, a public address speaker system, without having first obtained a permit therefore issued by the Department of Development Services pursuant to the following provisions:
(1) A permit shall be obtained from the Department of Development Services prior to operation of a public address system.
(2) The permit shall be renewable on an annual basis, subject to review and approval of the Department of Development Services.
(3) If the business operating the public address system is found to be in violation of this chapter more than one time during the permit period, the permit shall be revoked.
(4) If a public address system permit is revoked, a new one shall not be issued for a period of one year from the date of revocation.
(C) Public address speaker systems which are lawfully in existence at the time of the adoption of these special provisions and which are neither specifically permitted nor exempted from these special provisions are nonconforming and shall be removed within two years from the effective date of the ordinance enacting this § 18.02.090, except as noted: Immediately upon any change, modification, alteration, or expansion in the building or use of the premises where any nonconforming public address speaker systems exist, all such systems shall become unlawful and shall be removed or abated immediately.
(‘86 Code, § 18.02.095) (Ord. 4065, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 4103, passed - -; Am. Ord. 4611, passed 2-11-13)