No person shall maintain or operate any loudspeaker or amplifier connected with any radio, phonograph, tape recorder, microphone or any other device by which sounds are magnified and made heard over any public street or outdoor place without having first secured a license therefor. Application for a license shall be made to the city finance officer upon payment of such fee as the city council shall establish by resolution. Upon appearance of the person, firm or corporation requesting the license, the city council shall determine whether such license shall be granted. (Prior code § 11-501)