A. License Requirements:
1. License Required: It shall be unlawful to operate on the Village streets any mobile loudspeaker or amplifier connected with any radio, microphone, phonograph or any other mechanism or device for the intensification or magnification of the human voice or of any other sound which may be heard over any public street or public place without first having secured a license therefor.
2. Application for License: Any person desiring a license for the use or operation of such a device shall file an application therefor with the Village Clerk upon a form provided by him setting forth the name and address of the applicant, the name of the owner of such device, the date upon which it is intended to be used and such other information as may be prescribed. Such license shall issue upon payment of the license fee, as provided herein, to the Finance Director and shall permit the use of any such device, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section, only upon the date specified in such license and no other.
3. Fees: The fee for such licenses shall be:
For an annual license, $50.00.
For a license for six months, $30.00.
For a license for one week, $10.00.
For a license for one day, $5.00.
B. Hours and Location of Use:
1. Hours Prohibited: No licensee shall use, operate or employ any such device within the Village limits on Sundays or after the hour of seven o'clock (7:00) P.M., prevailing time, of any day or before the hour of seven o'clock (7:00) A.M., prevailing time, of any day.
2. Location Restrictions: No licensee shall use, operate or employ such device within a radius of two (2) blocks from any church while services are being held therein nor within two (2) blocks of any hospital.
3. Exceptions: This subsection shall not apply to radios in private pleasure vehicles when the same are operated in such a manner as not to be audible at a distance of fifty feet (50') from such vehicle, nor to noise devices, bands or other musical devices used in any public parade or procession which is operated under a permit in accordance with the ordinances of the Village.
C. Obscene, Illegal Advertising Prohibited: No licensee shall cause or permit to be emanated or emitted from any such device any lewd, obscene, profane or indecent language or sounds or any false representation of any matter, product or project advertised thereby, the sale of which is prohibited by any law, ordinance or statute.
D. Penalties: Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(1961 Code §§23.501, 23.502, 23.503, 23.504, 23.505; 1992 Code)
Cross-reference:
See Title 3, Chapter 4, Article A of this Code