Except in accordance with a permit obtained from the town, or as provided in section 22-110, the following shall be unlawful:
(1) Places of public entertainment. As to places of public entertainment, including, but not limited to, restaurants, taverns and bars, coffeehouses and private clubs, to operate or allow the operation of any sound amplification equipment so as to create sounds registering more than 65 dB(A) affecting occupied residential structures or units between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., or 55 dB(A) between 9:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., or 40 dB(A) between 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.
(2) Advertising. Operate or allow the operation of any sound amplification equipment for advertising purposes or otherwise to attract customers so as to cast sounds which are unreasonably loud and disturbing or which register more than 60 dB(A) at or on the boundary of the edge of pavement of any public right-of-way.
(3) Public right of ways. Operate or allow the operation for personal use of any sound amplification equipment on the public right-of-way, including streets or sidewalks, or in the public parks so as to produce sounds registering more than 60 dB(A) at any point 50 feet or more from any electromechanical speaker emitting sound between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., or 50 dB(A) 50 feet or more from any electromechanical speaker between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
(4) Other Amplified Sounds. As to sounds other than those listed in subsections (1)-(3) of this section, to operate or allow the operation of any sound amplification equipment so as to create sounds registering 60 dB(A) or greater affecting occupied residential structures or units between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., or 50 dB(A) or greater between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
(Code 1982, § 13-15; Ord. No. 93-29, 5-13-1993; Ord. No. 98-009, § 1, 6-11-1998; Ord. No. 2013-Code-05, 10-10-2013)