None of the terms or prohibitions of this article shall apply to or be enforced against the following.
(A) Emergency vehicles. Any police or fire vehicle or any ambulance, while engaged upon emergency business.
(B) Highway maintenance and construction. Excavations or repairs of bridges, streets, or highways by or on behalf of the city, county or the state, during the night, when the public safety, welfare and convenience renders it impossible to perform such work during the day.
(C) Loudspeakers at an approved event. Using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier or other machine or device for the producing or reproduction of sound, which is cast upon the public streets during an event that has received prior approval from the City Manager or designee when the event is sponsored by the city or a non-profit organization.
(1993 Code, § 26-73) (Ord. 2009-04, passed 6-22-2009; Ord. 2019-08, passed 11-12-2019)