Publisher's Note: This Section has been AMENDED by new legislation (Ord. 2548, adopted 2-11-2020). The text of the amendment will be incorporated below when the ordinance is codified.
A. No person shall use or operate any sound amplification system in or on a vehicle located within a public park, within a public parking lot, or on any other public property other than a highway within the city which is audible to a person of normal hearing sensitivity more than fifty feet from such vehicle nor shall any person use or operate any such sound amplification system on or in a vehicle located on private property where the sound amplification system is audible to a person of normal hearing sensitivity more than twenty-five feet from the vehicle or beyond the property line of such private property, whichever is greater. Noise from a sound amplification system in or on a vehicle located on a public highway shall be regulated in the manner provided for by the California Vehicle Code.
B. No person shall use or operate any sound amplification system on or from a bicycle on any highway, within a public park, within a public parking lot, or on any other public property within the city which is audible to a person of normal hearing sensitivity more than fifty feet from such bicycle.
C. Vehicle horns, or other devices primarily intended to create a loud noise for warning purposes, shall not be used when a vehicle is at rest, or when a situation endangering life, health, or property is not imminent.
D. Restriction of use or operation of any sound amplification system as prohibited within Section 9.38.056 B shall not apply to the downtown core bounded by 1st Street to the north, 5th Street to the south, Salem Street to the west and Wall Street to the east unless a complaint is first received of excessive noise resulting from any sound amplification system on a bicycle.
(Prior code §28.12 (Ord. 1106 (part), Ord. 1765 §2); Ord. 2195, Ord. 2414, Ord. 2548 §1)