(a) No person shall generate or permit to be generated unreasonable noise or loud sound by means of a radio, tape player, compact disc player, phonograph, television, loudspeaker, or any other sound amplifying device or by any horn, drum, piano, or other musical or percussion instrument on a street, highway, or in the public right-of-way where the sound is audible 100 feet from the device generating the sound.
(b) Persons in possession of a current parade permit issued pursuant to Section 311.02, college, high school and City bands and persons in possession of a vendor’s or Health Department permit allowing the sale of food from a motor vehicle are exempt from this section.
(c) Warning and alarm devices which have the purpose of signaling unsafe or dangerous situations or calling for police or warning devices on emergency vehicles are exempted from the prohibitions of this section when used for such purposes.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of generating unreasonable noise which shall be a minor misdemeanor conviction which carries a minimum mandatory fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) which shall not be suspended by the Court. All fines under this section shall be distributed by the Clerk of Courts to the Law Enforcement Trust Fund. If the offender persists in generating or permitting to be generated unreasonable noise after reasonable warning or request to desist, generating unreasonable noise is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 69-00. Passed 6-5-00.)
(e) Upon a conviction of a second violation of this section, both the sound equipment and the motor vehicle are hereby deemed contraband and subject to seizure and forfeiture under Ohio R.C. 2933.41 through 2933.43 unless and until the offender has removed the sound equipment from the motor vehicle within 15 days of the conviction and upon conviction of any subsequent violation of this section, both the sound equipment and the motor vehicle are hereby deemed contraband and subject to seizure and forfeiture under Ohio R.C. 2933.41 through 2933.43 unless and until the offender has removed the sound equipment from the motor vehicle within 15 days of the conviction upon which event the motor vehicle shall be returned to the offender and the sound equipment shall remain subject to the provision of Sections 2933.41 through 2933.43 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 89-92. Passed 9-21-92.)