Use of a loudspeaker or amplifying device in the city shall be subject to the following regulations:
(A) Operation is permitted only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
(B) Such equipment installed upon a vehicle shall not be operated unless the vehicle is operating at a speed of at least ten miles per hour, except when said vehicle is stopped or impeded by traffic. Where stopped by traffic, the loudspeaker or amplifying device shall not be operated for longer than one minute at each stop.
(C) Sound shall not be emitted form a loudspeaker or amplifying device, other than those utilized by law enforcement personnel or governmental agencies, within 100 yards of any hospital, school, church or courthouse, or from a distance determined to be reasonable by the officer at the scene.
(D) No obscene, lewd, indecent, slanderous or other speech made illegal by valid law shall be emitted from a loudspeaker or amplifying device.
(E) No sound emitted from a loudspeaker or amplifying device located on property adjacent to residential land uses shall be discernible beyond the boundary line of the parcel, except as provided in § 17.84.040.
(F) The noise emitted by a loudspeaker or amplifying device shall comply with the requirements of this code, including § 9.24.010.
(G) The volume of sound emitted by a loudspeaker or amplifying device shall not exceed 75 decibels, as defined and measured pursuant to § 17.84.040.
(H) No vehicle on which a loudspeaker or amplifying device is being operated shall be driven on the same street past the same point more than twice in a period of one hour.
(Ord. 3098 § 1 (part), 2011)