(a) No operator or passenger of a motor vehicle shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system which can be heard outside the vehicle from 50 or more feet when the vehicle is being operated or parked upon a street, highway or private property normally available for public parking.
(b) SOUND AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM shall include any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loudspeaker, or other electronic device used nor the amplification of the human voice, music, or any other noise or sound.
(c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the operator was not otherwise prohibited by law from operating the sound amplification system, and that any of the following apply:
(1) The system was being operated to request medical or vehicular assistance or to warn of a hazardous road condition;
(2) The vehicle was an emergency or public safety vehicle;
(3) The vehicle was owned and operated by the Village of Commercial Point or a gas, electric, communications, refuse or water utility company; or
(4) The vehicle was being used in a parade and the person or organization conducting the parade has obtained a parade permit from the appropriate village agency;
(Ord. 01-12, passed 10-1-2001)